botulism: [19] The fact that Latin botulus was used metaphorically for ‘intestine’ is in this case just a red herring; its principal meaning was ‘sausage’, and it was the discovery of the foodpoisoning germ in cooked meats, such assausages, which led to the term botulism. Early work on unmasking the bacterium responsible (now known as Clostridium botulinum) was done in Germany, and at first the German form of the word, botulismus, was used in English, but by the late 1880s we find the naturalized botulism fairly well established.
botulism (n.)
1878, from German Botulismus (1878), coined in German from Latin botulus "sausage" (see bowel) + -ismus suffix of action or state (see -ism). Sickness first traced to eating tainted sausage (sausage poisoning was an old name for it).
雙語例句
1. Don't taste the food; even a small amount can cause botulism.
不要嘗這食物; 即使稍微嘗點(diǎn)也會(huì)引起肉毒中毒.
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2. Given the other possible diagnoses, botulism was our best - case scenario.
與其他可能的診斷相比, 肉毒桿菌中毒是最符合事實(shí)的情況.
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3. BPA helps protect food products from spoiling and causing botulism.
雙酚A有助于避免食品腐壞,造成肉毒中毒.
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4. In Thailand, delivery of a botulism antitoxin prevented multiple deaths.
在泰國, 肉毒抗毒素避免了多起死亡的發(fā)生.
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5. All forms of botulism can be fatal and are considered medical emergencies.