botulinal
English
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪnəl
Adjective
[edit]botulinal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to botulism or botulin toxins.
- 1939, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, volume 40:
- Two phases are differentiated in botulinal intoxication.
- 2002, Ann E. Larson, Comparison of methods to evaluate the botulinal safety of foods, page 8:
- Although models can predict the potential for growth and toxin production in a food, a challenge study is the most direct method for evaluating the botulinal safety of a heat- processed or minimally-processed refrigerated or shelf-stable food.
- 2013, Alfred S. Evans, Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control[1], page 141:
- The mouse inoculation assay is currently the most sensitive, specific, and commonly used method for detecting botulinal toxin.