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botulism /ˈbɒtjʊlɪz(ə)m /noun [mass noun]Food poisoning caused by a bacterium growing on improperly sterilized tinned meats and other preserved foods.- The bacterium is Clostridium botulinum.
Dr Edmiston explained how anthrax, smallpox variola virus, botulism, and pneumonic plague fit the criteria....- Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis.
- And he took the observation that with the food poisoning called botulism, one of the first symptoms was crossed eyes, or drooping of the lids.
Origin Late 19th century: from German Botulismus, originally 'sausage poisoning', from Latin botulus 'sausage'. bowel from Middle English: Old French bouel has given bowel in English, from Latin botellus ‘little sausage’, from botulus, source of botulism (late 19th century), a form of food poisoning, adopted from German Botulismus, originally ‘sausage poisoning’.
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