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botulinum

botulinum noun: an anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin.

Noun

botulinum (uncountable)

  1. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin

botulinum meaning in Tamil and Bengali

botulinum in Tamil

பொட்டுலினம்

botulinum in Bengali

মাটির একটি অবাধ ব্যাকটেরিয়া

Origin of botulinum

From Latin botulus (“sausage”) + -īnum.

Words formed from botulinum

Phrases with botulinum

Questions about botulinum

What does botulinum mean?
Botulinum means an anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin.
What is botulinum in Tamil?
Botulinum in Tamil is பொட்டுலினம். See Botulinum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is botulinum?
Botulinum is a noun.

Words near botulinum in the dictionary

  1. botulin
  2. botulinal
  3. botulinic
  4. botulinogenic
  5. botulins
  6. botulinum
  7. botulinum toxin
  8. botulinum toxins
  9. botulinus
  10. botulism
  11. botulisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botulinum (page history and authors); botulinum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); botulinum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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