Associations to the word «Botulinum»

Wiktionary

BOTULINUM, noun. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
BOTULINUM TOXIN, noun. A neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum

Dictionary definition

BOTULINUM, noun. Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats