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botulismus

botulismus is the obsolete form of botulism.

Meaning of botulism

Noun

botulism (usually uncountable, plural botulisms)

  1. (usually) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

Questions about botulismus

What is botulismus the obsolete form of?
Botulismus is the obsolete form of botulism.

Words near botulismus in the dictionary

  1. botulinum toxin
  2. botulinum toxins
  3. botulinus
  4. botulism
  5. botulisms
  6. botulismus
  7. botulogenic
  8. botulotoxin
  9. BOTUS
  10. Botus Fleming
  11. Botusfleming

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botulismus (page history and authors); botulism (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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