bacterial toxin weapon

  • 1botulinus toxin — noun potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑botulin, ↑botulismotoxin • Derivationally related forms: ↑botulinal (for: ↑botulin) • …

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  • 2Botulinum toxin — Clinical data Pregnancy cat.  ? Legal status  ? (US) Rout …

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  • 3Chemical weapon designation — Chemical, biological, and radiological warfare agents are sometimes assigned what is termed a military symbol. Military symbols evolved out of the First World War from the British in part for secrecy, and to simplify reference to chemicals by… …

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  • 4Yersinia pestis — A scanning electron microscope micrograph depicting a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria. Scientific classification Domain …

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  • 5botulin — noun potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑botulinus toxin, ↑botulismotoxin • Derivationally related forms: ↑botulinal • Hypernyms: ↑bacterial toxin, ↑ …

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  • 6botulismotoxin — noun potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon • Syn: ↑botulin, ↑botulinus toxin • Derivationally related forms: ↑botulinal (for: ↑botulin) • …

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  • 7Anthrax — For other uses, see Anthrax (disambiguation). Anthrax Classification and external resources Microphotograph of a Gram stain of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, the cause of the anthrax disease …

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  • 8Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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  • 9Ricin — (pronEng|ˈraɪ sɨn) is a protein toxin that is extracted from the castor bean ( Ricinus communis ).The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) gives a possible minimum figure of 500 micrograms (about the size of a grain of salt) Fact|date=May 2008… …

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  • 10infectious disease — Introduction       in medicine, a process caused by a microorganism that impairs a person s health. An infection, by contrast, is the invasion of and replication in the body by any of various microbial agents including bacteria, viruses (virus),… …

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