botulin

English

Etymology

From German Botulin, from Latin botulus (“sausage”).

Noun

botulin (usually uncountable, plural botulins)

1. An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.

Derived terms

• botulinal
• botulinic

Related terms

• Botox

Translations

nerve toxin

Catalan: botulina f Chinese: Mandarin: 肉毒桿菌毒素 / 肉毒杆菌毒素 (zh) (ròudúgǎnjūn dúsù) Finnish: botuliini (fi) German: Botulinumtoxin (de) n, Botulin n Italian: botulino (it) m Turkish: botulinum toksini

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