(ˌ)liˌstirēˈōsə̇s noun
also lis·ter·el·lo·sis ˌlistərəˈlōsə̇s
( plural listerio·ses also listerello·ses -ōˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Listeria or Listerella + -osis
: a serious commonly fatal disease of a great variety of wild and domestic mammals and birds and occasionally man caused by a bacterium ( Listeria monocytogenes ) and taking the form of a severe encephalitis accompanied by disordered movements usually ending in paralysis, fever, monocytosis, and sometimes abortion — compare circling disease