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US
/ˈbɑtʃuˌɫɪzəm/
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[ UK /bˈɒtjuːlˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /bˈɒtjuːlˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
How To Use botulism In A Sentence
- In 1897, Van Ermengen related botulism to a bacterial toxin.
- Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis.
- Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis.
- Other arctic zoonotic diseases that could be influenced by climate change include botulism, paralytic shellfish poisoning, tularemia, brucellosis, echinococcus, trichinosis, and cryptosporidium. Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic
- GUPTA: Well, the one thing important about that, John, is that children under the age of 1 probably don't have enough immunity to actually fight off something known as botulism, and honey can actually be something that spreads botulism. CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2007
- Finally, with the new risks of bioterrorism, emergency physicians need to lead in the early diagnosis of illnesses such as anthrax, smallpox, plague, tularaemia, and botulism.
- Other infectious diseases that pose a threat include plague, tularemia, botulism and tuberculosis.
- Chronic wasting disease, West Nile fever, brucellosis, avian botulism, avian cholera and others have impacted wildlife populations.
- Epidemics of botulism and cholera exacted a heavy toll on waterfowl in the West.
- Infant botulism can occur when a child ingests a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum that is in dirt and dust and can contaminate honey.