botulism

1. 1.

   food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly

   Broaderfood poisoning

Other forms of botulism

plural

botulisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about botulism

What does botulism mean?

botulism means "food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly".

How many syllables are in botulism?

botulism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈbɑtʃuˌlɪzəm/.