salmonella
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- noun
- /ˌsælməˈnɛlə/
- Specialized
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salmonela
- In 1998, the USDA implemented microbial testing for salmonella and E. coli 0157:h7.
- salmonella bacteria
- salmonella outbreak
- cases of salmonella
Examples
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I had both my dogs get sick with all the symptoms of salmonella 3 days after starting on a new bag of Kirkland Premium Lamb, Rice, and Veg.
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However, I found papers on PubMed that report what I experienced from salmonella-contaminated food.
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- We already had people dying from salmonella and other things that you eat.
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Because of the possibility of salmonella.
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They have salmonella, you know.
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I'm finishing our analysis of the salmonella outbreak in Santa fe.
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"I must have looked dubious at that because he then added that he knew the Holy Spirit worked through them, pointing to last summer's salmonella outbreak, during which the food bank had taken in many batches of donated tomatoes.
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Eating food contaminated with salmonella can be dangerous, even deadly.
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Government investigators say they found at least one source for the salmonella involved in the worst egg recall in four decades.
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The FDA says the number of salmonella cases possibly linked to eggs has grown to nearly fifteen hundred.
Compounds
- Specialized
A type of bacteria that lives in animals and people and can cause food poisoning
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A type of bacteria that causes food poisoning from contaminated eggs or poultry
- Specialized
A germ that commonly causes food poisoning with diarrhea and stomach pain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salmonella is named after an American scientist, Salmon, and the ending -ella is a little suffix that means 'small' or 'little'. So, even though it sounds like the fish salmon, salmonella is the name for a group of bacteria that can cause food poisoning.