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

salmonella

noun
 
/ˌsælməˈnelə/
 
/ˌsælməˈnelə/
[uncountable]
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  1. a type of bacteria that makes people sick if they eat food that contains it; an illness caused by this bacteria
    • cases of salmonella poisoning
    • an outbreak of salmonella
    Topics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySalmonella is used before these nouns:
    • outbreak
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    Word Originmodern Latin, named after Daniel E. Salmon (1850–1914), American veterinary surgeon.
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