Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun botulinus_toxin

1 sense of botulinus toxin

Sense 1
botulin, botulinus toxin, botulismotoxin -- (potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon)
       => bacterial toxin -- (any endotoxin or exotoxin formed in or elaborated by bacterial cells)
       => bioweapon, biological weapon, bioarm -- (any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon")