请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 botulism
释义

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’.

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/23 7:56:08