Etymology

botulotoxin

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Today it means: botulinum toxin Full definition →

Latin botulus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frombotulus“sausage”
  2. English todaybotulotoxin

Latin botulus (“sausage”) + toxin, because botulism was linked to sausage poisoning.

Words from the same roots

Latinbotulus all →

botulinumbotulismbotuliformbotulin

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