LISTERIOSIS


Meaning of LISTERIOSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lis-ˌtir-ē-ˈō-səs ]

noun

( plural lis·te·ri·o·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Listeria, from Joseph Lister

Date: 1941

: a serious encephalitic disease of a wide variety of animals that is caused by a bacterium ( Listeria monocytogenes ) and that in animals is often fatal but in humans is usually not fatal

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.