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noun
Any of several diseases caused by infection with Salmonella bacteria
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a kind of food poisoning caused by eating foods contaminated with Salmonella typhimurium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder
History
Etymology tree English salmonella Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English salmonellosis From salmonella + -osis.
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