fish poisoning

fish poisoning
ichthyosarcotoxism.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • fish poisoning — Illness from eating varieties of poisonous fishes. Most cases are caused by one of three toxins: ciguatera poisoning, from fishes in whose flesh dinoflagellates have produced toxins; tetraodon poisoning, from a nerve toxin in certain pufferlike… …   Universalium

  • fish poisoning — noun 1. : acute illness resulting from the consumption of fish: a. : illness due to eating fish that normally contain neurotoxins in their flesh b. : illness due to eating stale fish: (1) : a histamine intoxication (2) …   Useful english dictionary

  • fish poisoning — 1) use of a chemical spread on water or added to a bait to poison fish and facilitate capture. Natural (plant based) fish poisons include crow s eyes (seeds of Nux vomica containing strychnine), common yew (leaves of Taxus hoccata, effectiveness… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • fish-poisoning — 1) use of a chemical spread on water or added to a bait to poison fish and facilitate capture. Natural (plant based) fish poisons include crow s eyes (seeds of Nux vomica containing strychnine), common yew (leaves of Taxus hoccata)(effectiveness… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… …   Universalium

  • Fish toxins — Many hunter gatherer cultures use poisonous plants to stun fish so that they become easy to collect by hand. Some of these poisons paralyse the fish, others are thought to work by removing oxygen from the water. [… …   Wikipedia

  • fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with …   Universalium

  • poisoning — 1) use of a chemical spread on water or added to a bait to poison fish and facilitate capture. See fish poisoning 2) illness caused by eating poisonous fishes, q.v …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Fish and chips — Fish and chips, photographed in Norfolk, England Fish and chips (colloquially known as a fish supper in Scotland and Northern Ireland) is a popular take away food in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It typically consists of… …   Wikipedia

  • clupeoid fish poisoning — clupeotoxism …   Dictionary of ichthyology

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