salmonellosis
[ sal-muh-nl-oh-sis ]
nounPathology.
food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.
Origin of salmonellosis
1First recorded in 1910–15; salmonell(a) + -osis
Words Nearby salmonellosis
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How to use salmonellosis in a sentence
She’ll put them back up when the region’s salmonellosis outbreak has passed, she said.
Your dirty bird feeder could be spreading disease | Melissa Hart | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post
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