botulin

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noun

An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.

Similar
botulinus toxinbotulismotoxin
OriginGerman Botulin ← Latin botulus →
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Meanings

nounbotulin (usually uncountable, plural botulins)

plural botulins

  1. uncountableusuallyAn extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpotent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon

Similar
botulinus toxinbotulismotoxin
Broader
bacterial toxinbioweaponbiological weaponbioarm
Also see
botulinum toxin

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbotulus“sausage”
  2. GermanBotulin
  3. Englishbotulin

From German Botulin, from Latin botulus (“sausage”).

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Translations

Catalan botulina
  • botulinanerve toxin
Chinese Mandarin 肉毒桿菌毒素 /肉毒杆菌毒素
  • 肉毒桿菌毒素 /肉毒杆菌毒素 (ròudúgǎnjūn dúsù)nerve toxin
Finnish botuliini
  • botuliininerve toxin
German Botulinumtoxin, Botulin
  • Botulinumtoxinnerve toxin
  • Botulinnerve toxin
Italian botulino
  • botulinonerve toxin
Polish botulina
  • botulinanerve toxin
Turkish botulinum toksini
  • botulinum toksininerve toxin

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“botulin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botulin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botulin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botulin.

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