Botulism, brucellosis, Lyme-disease and tetanus are infectious, but not contagious diseases.
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Botulism
//ˈbɒt.jʊl.ɪz.əm//
Synonyms for "botulism"
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31 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- ботулизъм noun (medical condition)
Catalan
1 entries- botulisme noun (medical condition)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 波特淋菌中毒 noun (medical condition)
- 香腸中毒 /香肠中毒 noun (medical condition)
Czech
1 entries- botulismus noun (medical condition)
Danish
2 entries- botulisme noun (medical condition)
- pølseforgiftning noun (medical condition)
Finnish
1 entries- botulismi noun (medical condition)
French
1 entries- botulisme noun (medical condition)
German
1 entries- Botulismus noun (medical condition)
Greek
1 entries- αλλαντίαση noun (medical condition)
Hungarian
1 entries- botulizmus noun (medical condition)
Icelandic
1 entries- bótúlíneitrun noun (medical condition)
Indonesian
1 entries- botulisme noun (medical condition)
Irish
2 entries- botalas noun (medical condition)
- ispíneachas noun (medical condition)
Italian
1 entries- botulismo noun (medical condition)
Japanese
1 entries- ボツリヌス中毒 noun (medical condition)
Malay
1 entries- botulisme noun (medical condition)
Polish
1 entries- botulizm noun (medical condition)
Portuguese
1 entries- botulismo noun (medical condition)
Romanian
1 entries- botulism noun (medical condition)
Russian
1 entries- ботули́зм noun (medical condition)
Slovak
2 entries- botulizmus noun (medical condition)
- klobásový jed noun (medical condition)
Spanish
1 entries- botulismo noun (medical condition)
Swedish
1 entries- botulism noun (medical condition)
Turkish
1 entries- botulizm noun (medical condition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ботулі́зм noun (medical condition)
Welsh
2 entries- botwledd noun (medical condition)
- botwliaeth noun (medical condition)
Sample sentences
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Along with thousands of other soldiers, Tom's great grandfather died of botulism during the Spanish-American War because the US government fed improperly canned potted meat to its soldiers.
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In 1971, the deaths of two people from botulism, a severe foodborne illness caused by bacteria, prompted the National Canners Association to adopt stricter standards.
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New animal illnesses generally originate in invasive species. Zebra mussels that have spread throughout the U.S. Great Lake introduced a type of botulism that has killed some 100,000 birds in the last decade. A fungus spread by the trade in amphibians has led to the extinction of about 120 species of frogs around the world.
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