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məˈnɛl noun, plural sal·mo·nel·lae [-nel-ee] . Bacteriology.
[-nel-ee] . Bacteriology. any of several rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria of the genus Salmonella, as S. typhosa, that may enter the digestive tract of humans and other mammals in contaminated food and cause abdominal pains and violent diarrhea.
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| —n , pl -lae | |
| any Gram-negative rod-shaped aerobic bacterium of the genus Salmonella, including S. typhosa, which causes typhoid fever, and many species (notably S. enteritidis) that cause food poisoning (salmonellosis): family Enterobacteriaceae | |
| [C19: New Latin, named after Daniel E. Salmon (1850--1914), US veterinary surgeon] | |
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salmonella
1913, the genus name, coined 1900 in Mod.L. by J. Lignières in reference to U.S. veterinary surgeon Daniel E. Salmon (1850-1914), who isolated a type of the bacteria in 1885.
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salmonella sal·mo·nel·la (sāl'mə-něl'ə)
n. pl. sal·mo·nel·lae (-něl'ē) or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella
Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.
Salmonella n.
A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic gram-negative bacteria that are pathogenic in humans and animals.
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| salmonella (sāl'mə-něl'ə) Pronunciation Key
Plural salmonellae (sāl'mə-něl'ē) or salmonellas Any of various gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella that cause food poisoning and typhoid fever in humans and other mammals. |
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salmonella [(sal-muh-nel-uh)]A category of bacteria that occurs in many pathogenic forms. One kind causes typhoid fever; there is evidence that other kinds cause various forms of food poisoning.
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Example sentences
Cholera, salmonella, and many other bacteria and parasites release toxins that cause diarrhea.
Even healthy looking animals may carry salmonella germs on their coats.
My role as photographer was about as welcome in a busy kitchen as a salmonella virus.
Sea turtles also carry the bacteria salmonella, which can cause severe diarrhea in people.
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