[lis.te.ri.o.sis] n, pl -o.ses [NL, fr. Listeria, fr. Joseph Lister] (1941): a serious commonly fatal encephalitic disease of a great variety of wild and domestic mammals and birds and occas. humans that is caused by a bacterium (Listeria monocytogenes)
LISTERIOSIS
Meaning of LISTERIOSIS in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012