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Definition of listeria noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

listeria

noun

/lɪˈstɪəriə/

/lɪˈstɪriə/

[uncountable]

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a type of bacteria that makes people ill if they eat food that contains it
Word Origin1940s: modern Latin, named after Joseph Lister (1827-1912), the English surgeon.

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