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botulism

[ US /ˈbɑtʃuˌɫɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /bˈɒtjuːlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly

How To Use botulism In A Sentence

  • The minister identified plague, ebola, smallpox, anthrax, tularaemia and botulism as the main biological threats.
  • Epidemics of botulism and cholera exacted a heavy toll on waterfowl in the West.
  • This is the same bacterial nerve toxin that causes botulism, an illness which causes muscle weakness or paralysis.
  • Botulism is another fatal disease which has come to the fore in recent years.
  • There are various forms of botulism poisoning, which is caused by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum naturally found in lake soil.
  • People are too hung up on when bacteria may technically grow on something - since when did a little bacteria do all that much harm? it's like the whole anti-bacterial craze, feed yourself normal bacteria and build up your immunities. although I would stay away from older canned/jarred things - botulism is scary. juggler314 Use A Leftovers Log To Safeguard Your Stomach | Lifehacker Australia
  • The deadly botulism variety of food poisoning, usually from improperly canned food items, can be put to good use.
  • So low was he that he preferred Gibsen’s tea-time salmon tinned, as inexpensive as pleasing, to the plumpest roeheavy lax or the friskiest parr or smolt troutlet that ever was gaffed between Leixlip and Island Bridge and many was the time he repeated in his botulism that no junglegrown pineapple ever smacked like the whoppers you shook out of Ananias’ cans, Finnegans Wake
  • Wife pointed out his competitors had another place in our Central City (this is when we learned of his "botulism" - based mispronunciation of their name). Grouse Diary Entry
  • Botulism toxin from bacteria prevents the release of acetylcholine and is the most poisonous substance known.
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