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botulism (boch�ә-liz-әm) any poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum in the body; it produces a neurotoxin called botulinum toxin.
specifically, a rare but severe, often fatal, form of food poisoning due to ingestion of improperly canned or preserved foods contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Symptoms include vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, weakness, constipation, and nerve paralysis; the latter causes difficulty in seeing, swallowing, and breathing. Paralysis of the respiratory organs is the most common cause of death. Called also foodborne botulism.

foodborne botulism botulism (def. 2).

infant botulism that affecting infants in the first months of life, marked by constipation, lethargy, hypotonia, and feeding difficulty, and sometimes leading to respiratory insufficiency; this type is caused the intestine by organisms that have actually been ingested by the baby along with food or drink.

wound botulism a form resulting from infection of a wound with Clostridium botulinum.

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