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sal·mo·nel·la  (slm-nl)

n. pl. sal·mo·nel·lae (-nl) or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella

Any of various 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.

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[New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American pathologist.]

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salmonella [sal-mon-ell-a]

Noun

a kind of bacteria that can cause food poisoning [after Daniel E. Salmon, veterinary surgeon]

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salmonella  (slm-nl)

Plural salmonellae (slm-nl) 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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Noun

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salmonella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals genus Salmonella - a genus of bacteria Gartner's bacillus, Salmonella enteritidis - a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans Salmonella typhimurium - a form of salmonella that causes food poisoning in humans Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhosa, typhoid bacillus - a form of salmonella that causes typhoid fever