Listeriosis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, often through contaminated food. countable, uncountable

    "She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant."

  2. 2
    an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms wordnet

Synonyms

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listerellosislisteria meningitis

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"She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant."

Etymology

From listeria + -osis.

Related phrases

listeria monocytogenes

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