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botulin

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bot·u·lin  (bch-ln)
n.
Any of several potent neurotoxins produced by botulinum and resistant to proteolytic digestion.
[Latin botulus, sausage (a common source of contamination) + -in.]
botulin [ˈbɒtjʊlɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) a potent toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in imperfectly preserved food, etc., causing botulism
[from botulinus]
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Noun1.botulin - potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin
bioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"
bacterial toxin - any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells


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