clam poisoning

Mira otros diccionarios:

• Paralytic shellfish poisoning — (PSP) is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning (the others being neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning). All four syndromes share some common features and are… …   Wikipedia

• Smooth clam — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia …   Wikipedia

• Shellfish poisoning — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32220 ICD10 = ICD10|T|61|2|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|988.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 528 MeshID = There are four syndromes called shellfish poisoning, which… …   Wikipedia

• Blood clam — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Blood poisoning — Blood Blood (bl[u^]d), n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[=o]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth. bl[=o][thorn], Icel. bl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• shellfish poisoning —       illness in humans resulting from the eating of certain mussels (mussel) and clams (clam). The source of the poison has been traced to the plankton upon which shellfish feed during parts of the year. Symptoms often begin within 10 minutes… …   Universalium

• Mussel — Not to be confused with muscle. Mussel Blue mussels Mytilus edulis in the intertidal zone in Cornwall, England Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Pacific oyster — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Representative animals poisonous when eaten — ▪ Table Representative animals poisonous when eaten name and distribution toxic principle toxic effects and comments Protozoans one celled animals dinoflagellate (Gymnodinium breve); Gulf of Mexico, Florida unknown irritation of mucous membranes… …   Universalium

• Mollusca — Temporal range: Cambrian–Recent …   Wikipedia

• algae — algal, adj. /al jee/, n.pl., sing. alga / geuh/. any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single celled forms to multicellular forms 100 ft. (30 m) or more long, distinguished… …   Universalium