botulin

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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.

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