Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several enzymes that are produced by botulinum bacteria and induce the paralysis of botulism by interfering with the ability of neurons to release acetylcholine at nerve-muscle junctures. Botulin is used as an antispasmodic and a treatment for wrinkles by paralyzing facial muscles.
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- noun An extremely potent nerve
toxin produced by theanaerobic bacteriaClostridium botulinum . Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition ofbotulism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Considered a pest, it is being poisoned over large expanses of its range across the Tibetan plateau using grain laced with botulin poison? at a cost of US$925m since 2006.
Biodiversity 100: actions for Asia Guillaume Chapron 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War Joseph A. Palermo 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Repeated like a mantra by Administration officials was the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed "26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulin, one and a half tons of nerve agent VX, and 6,500 aerial chemical bombs."
Joseph A. Palermo: An Unsanitized Look at the Origins of the Iraq War 2010
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Aum experimented with botulin toxin, anthrax, cholera, Q fever and the Ebola virus.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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