Medical Term:
nematocyst
Pronunciation: nem′ă-tō-sist
Definition: A stinging cell of coelenterates consisting of a poison sac and a coiled barbed sting capable of being ejected and penetrating the skin of an animal on contact; of considerable consequence in large jellyfish and in the Portuguese man-of-war which possess large numbers of these stinging cells that can cause great pain and even death.
[nemato- + G. kystis, bladder]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
