Definition of salmonella

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sal·mo·nel·la    (slm-nl) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. sal·mo·nel·lae  (-nl) KEY  or sal·mo·nel·las or salmonella

Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, many of which are pathogenic, causing food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and other infectious diseases in domestic animals.

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin Salmonella, genus name, after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850-1914), American pathologist