botulin

English

Noun

botulin (usually uncountable, plural botulins)

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

Related terms

Botox

Translations

nerve toxin

Chinese:
Mandarin: 肉毒桿菌 (zh), 肉毒杆菌 (zh) (ròudúgānjūn)

Finnish: botuliini (fi)

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