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Clostridium botulinum (health) and nevolipoma (medicine)


Clostridium botulinum (health)


A group of rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in the soil that grow best under low oxygen conditions. The bacteria form heat-resistant spores which allow them to survive in a dormant state until exposed to conditions that can support their growth. Clostridium botulinum produces botulinum toxin, a highly potent neurotoxin and the basis of the disease botulism.





nevolipoma (medicine)


nevolipoma


Unsatisfactory terms for a lesion that is basically a melanocytic nevus, mixed adipose cells in the dermis.

Synonym: nevus lipomatodes, nevus lipomatosus.

Origin: nevus + lipoma