- Zamia staggers
- zamia staggers the neurotoxic effects seen in ruminants after they eat seeds or leaves of zamias or other cycads; characteristics include ataxia of the hind limbs that may progress to paralysis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Zamia staggers
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Zamia — Za·mia (zaґme ə) a genus of zamia palms whose leaves and seeds contain macrozamin and other toxic glycosides and cause hepatotoxicity, spinal cord degeneration, and cancer. See also zamia staggers, under staggers … Medical dictionary
zamia — za·mia (zaґme ə) 1. a poisonous cycad palm of genus Zamia, Macrozamia, or related genera; these trees contain toxic glycosides such as macrozamin. 2. misnomer for any cycad. See also zamia staggers, under staggers … Medical dictionary
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Macrozamia — Mac·ro·za·mia (mak″ro zamґe ə) a genus of zamia palms that contain macrozamin and other toxic glycosides; animals eating them may develop hepatotoxicity, spinal cord degeneration, and cancer, and ruminants get the condition called… … Medical dictionary
Cycas — Cy·cas (siґkəs) a genus of palms (family Palmae) found on Guam and other islands of the South Pacific. C. circinaґlis L. and C. revoluґtus Thumb. have seeds that were formerly used as part of the diet on Guam and contain toxic glycosides… … Medical dictionary
