Botulinum

/ˌbɒtjʊˈlaɪnəm/ noun

The bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that produces botulinum toxin; or the toxin itself produced by this bacterium.

From Latin botulus (sausage) plus the Latinized suffix '-inum' (neuter), named for its discovery in spoiled sausages during a 1793 outbreak in Germany.

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