Etymology

botulinum

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Today it means: An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxinbotulin. Full definition →

Latin botulus
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  1. Latin · derived frombotulus“sausage”
  2. English todaybotulinum

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

Words from the same roots

Latinbotulus all →

botulismbotuliformbotulinbotulotoxin

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