OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30881

salmonella

/ˌsæl.məˈnɛ.lə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
salmonela
Any of the serotypes of the two species of rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, especially Salmonella enterica, that cause typhoid fever and salmonellosis, manifest as food poisoning and other diseases.
Everyone got sick from salmonella in the undercooked meat.