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botulinum

 
American Heritage Dictionary:

bot·u·li·num

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(bŏch'ə-lī'nəm) pronunciation also bot·u·li·nus (-nəs)
n.
An anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that secretes botulin and inhabits soils.

[New Latin botulīnum, specific epithet, from Latin botulus, sausage.]

botulinal bot'u·li'nal adj.

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:

bot·u·li·num

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(bŏch'ə-lī'nəm) or bot·u·li·nus (-nəs)
n.

An anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that secretes botulin and inhabits soils.

Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:

botulinal

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Pertaining to Clostridium botulinum or to its toxin.

 
 

 

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American Heritage Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more

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