botulism
pronunciation
How to pronounce botulism in British English:
UK [ˈbɒtjulɪzəm]
How to pronounce botulism in American English:
US [ˈbɑtʃəlɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
Word Origin
- botulism
- botulism: [19] The fact that Latin botulus was used metaphorically for ‘intestine’ is in this case just a red herring; its principal meaning was ‘sausage’, and it was the discovery of the foodpoisoning germ in cooked meats, such assausages, which led to the term botulism. Early work on unmasking the bacterium responsible (now known as Clostridium botulinum) was done in Germany, and at first the German form of the word, botulismus, was used in English, but by the late 1880s we find the naturalized botulism fairly well established.
- botulism (n.)
- 1878, from German Botulismus (1878), coined in German from Latin botulus "sausage" (see bowel) + -ismus suffix of action or state (see -ism). Sickness first traced to eating tainted sausage (sausage poisoning was an old name for it).
Example
- 1. So far , no local cases of human botulism .
- 2. She 's immunosuppressed.what about botulism ?
- 3. Botulism affects the central nervous system , causing paralysis , hallucinations and vomiting , and is often fatal .
- 4. Currently , this place is not found near the beach of cases of human botulism .
- 5. Eventually somebody had an idea : botulism .