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Definition of Botulism

1. Noun. Food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly.

Definition of Botulism

1. Noun. (pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from ''Clostridium botulinum'', a type of anaerobic bacteria that grows in improperly-prepared food. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Botulism

1. botulin poisoning [n -S]

Medical Definition of Botulism

1. An illness caused by a potent bacterial toxin (produced by Clostridium botulinum), this uncommon infection has four forms: infant botulism, food-borne botulism, wound botulism and botulism from an unknown source. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Botulism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"botulism further differs from the usual type of food poisoning in that the intoxication ... botulism has been recognized by German clinician? since 1735, ..."

2. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"1. The Bacillus botulinus Group and Symbionts. botulism The ... Recently much has been said and written about botulism, or poisoning from foods which ..."

3. A Manual of the Practice of Medicine: Prepared Especially for Students by Arthur Albert Stevens (1892)
"botulism botulism is a form of poisoning caused by a toxin which is produced ... The majority of outbreaks of botulism in this country have been caused by ..."

4. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"botulism TOXIN 1. Prepare toxin by cultivating the Bacillus botulinus in an ... (b) Do these symptoms show any selective action of botulism toxin for ..."

5. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"Meat Poisoning and botulism in Man. Meat poisoning in man generally occurs after the eating of meat of cattle, calves, cows, ..."

6. Clinical Treatises on the Symptomatology and Diagnosis of Disorders of by Edmund von Neusser (1907)
"These bulbar symptoms result from the combination of the toxin of botulism with the ganglionic cells of the bulbar nuclei. A similar elective affinity for ..."

7. Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy: In Relation to the Infectious by Howard Taylor Ricketts (1908)
"botulism. botulism is a peculiar form of meat poisoning in which the nervous system is involved principally. From twenty-four to thirty-six hours after the ..."

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