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.

Related terms

• Botox

Translations

nerve toxin

• Catalan: botulina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肉毒桿菌／肉毒杆菌 (zh) (ròudúgānjūn)

• Finnish: botuliini (fi)
• German: Botulinumtoxin (de) n, Botulin n
• Italian: botulino (it) m
• Turkish: botulinum toksini

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