Definition of Salmonella

1. Noun. Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon.


Definition of Salmonella

1. Noun. Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus ''Salmonella'', that cause food poisoning and other diseases ¹

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Definition of Salmonella

1. [n -LAE or -LAS]

Medical Definition of Salmonella

1. Genus of gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae that are responsible for several infections in humans (gastroenteritis and typhoid). If invasive they can cause enteric fevers (e.g. Typhoid, caused by Salmonella typhi), food poisoning (usually Salmonella typhimurium or Salmonella enteridis, the latter notorious for contamination of poultry) and occasionally septicaemia in nonintestinal tissues. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salmonella

salmon
salmon and trout
salmon berry
salmon disease
salmon loaf
salmon oil
salmon patch
salmon patches
salmon pink
salmon poisoning
salmon trout
salmonberries
salmonberry
salmonburger
salmonburgers
salmonella (current term)
salmonella arizonae
salmonella enterica
salmonella enteritidis
salmonella food poisoning
salmonella hirschfeldii
salmonella infections
salmonella paratyphi a
salmonella phages
salmonella schottmuelleri
salmonella typhi
salmonella typhimurium
salmonellacidal
salmonellae
salmonellas

Literary usage of Salmonella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"salmonella Infections in the Child Care Setting The salmonella group of bacteria are a common ... Persons with salmonella infections often experience fever, ..."

2. Potential Groundwater Contamination from Intentional and Nonintentional by Robert Pitt, Shirley Clark, Keith Parmer (1994)
"Urban Runoff salmonella Observations-salmonella has been reported in some, ... They did not find any predictable patterns of salmonella isolations as they ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"salmonella RUIRU INFECTION IN SHEEP AN OUTBREAK OF ABORTION IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND By M. GITTER and W. SOJKA Central Veterinary Laboratory, ..."

4. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"hand the isolation of bacilli of this type from such a large number of normal human carriers indicates how often outbreaks of salmonella organisms may ..."

5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE BLOOD OF CHICKENS INFECTED WITH salmonella GALLINARUM A. BUXTON Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of ..."

6. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"salmonella Infections in the Child Care Setting The salmonella group of bacteria are a common ... Persons with salmonella infections often experience fever, ..."

7. Potential Groundwater Contamination from Intentional and Nonintentional by Robert Pitt, Shirley Clark, Keith Parmer (1994)
"Urban Runoff salmonella Observations-salmonella has been reported in some, ... They did not find any predictable patterns of salmonella isolations as they ..."

8. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"salmonella RUIRU INFECTION IN SHEEP AN OUTBREAK OF ABORTION IN SOUTH EAST ENGLAND By M. GITTER and W. SOJKA Central Veterinary Laboratory, ..."

9. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"hand the isolation of bacilli of this type from such a large number of normal human carriers indicates how often outbreaks of salmonella organisms may ..."

10. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE BLOOD OF CHICKENS INFECTED WITH salmonella GALLINARUM A. BUXTON Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of ..."

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