tetrodotoxin

IPA: tˈɛtroʊdoʊtˈɑksɪn

(neurotoxicology) A neurotoxin, originally discovered in Tetraodontiformes, and found in pufferfish, blue-ringed octopus, etc.

Examples of "tetrodotoxin" in Sentences

The powder contains a poison known as tetrodotoxin, or TTX.
It took only a few moments for the tetrodotoxin to kick in.
The chemical is called tetrodotoxin or TTX from the Fugu pufferfish.
A highly-toxic substance called tetrodotoxin is found in a breed of puffer fish native to Haitian waters.
Similarly, some garter snakes are known to store tetrodotoxin from ingested newts while birds in New Guinea appear to sequester poisons from insects.
Blowfish poison, called tetrodotoxin, is nearly 100 times more poisonous than potassium cyanide, according to the Ishikawa Health Service Association.
Federal prosecutors allege that the man posed as a researcher to obtain tetrodotoxin, a lethal substance found in pufferfish that has no known antidote.
Some of the most poisonous substances known today are naturally produced chemicals including ricin from castor beans or tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish.
They fight him with the help of high-tech gizmos and near-superhuman feats: surviving car chases, leaping from a second-story window, dodging a syringe full of tetrodotoxin, “over a thousand times more lethal than cyanide.”