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paralytic shell·fish poisoning

n :  food poisoning that results from consumption of shellfish and esp. 2-shelled mollusks (as clams, mussels, or scallops) contaminated with dinoflagellates causing red tide and that is characterized by paresthesia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, muscle weakness, and sometimes paralysis which may lead to respiratory failure .
 
 

 
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