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charybdotoxin

noun

Etymology

Blend of Charybdis + toxin; along with scyllatoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.

  1. derived from toxicum
  2. compounded as charybdotoxin — “Charybdis + toxin”

Definitions

  1. An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for charybdotoxin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA