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elasmobranch poisoning — a form of ichthyosarcotoxism seen after ingestion of certain toxic sharks and skates. One type results from eating the muscle tissue of the shark Somniosus microcephalus. Another type is hypervitaminosis A from eating the liver of any of various… … Medical dictionary
SHARK — Stroke, Hypertension and Recurrence in Kyushu [study] * * * (shahrk) any of numerous elasmobranch fishes, usually found in the ocean; some are carnivorous and predatory and may attack humans. See also elasmobranch poisoning … Medical dictionary
Somniosus — Som·ni·o·sus (som″ne oґsəs) a genus of sharks. S. microceґphalus is the Greenland shark, a species with a small head, weak jaws, and small teeth whose muscle tissue is poisonous, causing elasmobranch poisoning … Medical dictionary
ichthyosarcotoxism — Poisoning caused by the toxic substance (ichthyosarcotoxin) in the flesh or organs of fish. [ichthyo + G. sarx, flesh, + toxikon, poison] * * * ich·thyo·sar·co·tox·ism täk .siz əm n poisoning caused by the ingestion of fish whose flesh contains a … Medical dictionary
Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… … Wikipedia
environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… … Universalium
Killer whale — Orca redirects here. For other uses, see Orca (disambiguation). Killer whale[1] … Wikipedia
