botulism
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Noun
- Food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the cns; can be fatal if not treated promptly
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| 1 | byzantium | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | bacterium | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | barbarism | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | beanblossom | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | biosystem | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | blomstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | boosterism | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | borgstrom | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | brittenham | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | symbolism | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | truism | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | otis | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | tulips | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | boulais | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | populism | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | embolism | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | tullis | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | bullis | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | boulos | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | portculis | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | mutualism | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | embolisms | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | boatlifts | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | turismo | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | tullius | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tulip's | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | tourism | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | otulsky | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | oculist | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 9
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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