salmonella

noun
🔊/ˌsælməˈnelə/
🔊/ˌsælməˈnelə/
[uncountable]
jump to other results
  1. a type of bacteria that makes people sick if they eat food that contains it; an illness caused by this bacteria沙门菌
    • cases of salmonella poisoning沙门菌中毒病例
    • an outbreak of salmonella沙门菌的爆发
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySalmonella is used before these nouns:
    • outbreak
    See full entry
    Word Originmodern Latin, named after Daniel E. Salmon (1850–1914), American veterinary surgeon.