Mytilotoxine \Myt`i*lo*tox"ine\, n. [Mytilus + toxic.] (Physiol.
Chem.)
A poisonous base (leucomaine) found in the common mussel. It
either causes paralysis of the muscles, or gives rise to
convulsions, including death by an accumulation of carbonic
acid in the blood.
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