botulinum
- n anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
- In my 11 years there, they never once asked for my botulinum toxin records.
- The toxin is produced by the hard-shelled spores of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria, which lie dormant in !he soil but flourish in the airless environment of canned foods .
- Botox is short for "botulinum toxin," the substance that causes botulism, a sometimes fatal form of food poisoning.