ciguatera

Borrowed from Spanish ciguatera.

ciguatera (countable and uncountable, plural ciguateras)

1. A foodborne poisoning in humans caused by eating marine species whose flesh is contaminated with ciguatoxin.
   • 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 7, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:

     While you've probably never heard of ciguatera toxin, it's the most common form of fish poisoning and creates a health problem for any population that routinely consumes tropical reef species.

• ciguatoxic
• ciguatoxin

ciguato +‎ -era

• IPA^(key): /θiɡwaˈteɾa/ [θi.ɣ̞waˈt̪e.ɾa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /siɡwaˈteɾa/ [si.ɣ̞waˈt̪e.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ci‧gua‧te‧ra

ciguatera f (plural ciguateras)

1. ciguatera

• “ciguatera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025