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botulin

n. An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria ''Clostridium botulinum''. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of botulism.

WordNet
botulin

n. potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon [syn: botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin]

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Lee as to where he could obtain the CDC trivalent botulin antitoxin, stocks of which were kept at or near regional airports and Public Health Service Quarantine Stations all over the U.

There was a brief conversation in which the consultant set out the sample requirements for the CDCspecifying that stool samples should be taken without the use of enema, and should be kept refrigerated but not frozenand informed Lee as to where he could obtain the CDC trivalent botulin antitoxin, stocks of which were kept at or near regional airports and Public Health Service Quarantine Stations all over the U.

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