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botulin
bot·u·lin
[
bóchəlin
]
noun
Definition:
toxin causing food poisoning:
a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism
[
Early 20th century. < modern Latin
botulinus
(see
botulinum
)
]
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