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ciguatera (medicine)


ciguatera
<microbiology> A form of fish poisoning that results from eating reef fish which are normally nontoxic. Thought to be secondary to a toxic substances which accumulates in the tissues of certain fish at a particularly time of the year.

Symptoms include: tingling around the lips, nausea, vomiting, weakness and numbness. Occurs shortly after eating tainted fish.


coiffeur (iou)



coiffeur noun. M19.
[French, formed as COIFF + -eur -OR.]
A hairdresser.
coiffeuse noun a female hairdresser L18.