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salmonella

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
a type of bacteria that exists in several forms, some of which live in food and make the people who eat it ill:

Examples:

salmonella poisoning
2
the illness caused by this bacteria:

Examples:

an outbreak of salmonella
3
a group of bacteria, some types of which live in food and cause illness in people who eat the food, or the illness caused by this bacteria

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