food poisoning caused by ingestion of a salmonella bacterium
salmonellosis in American English
(ˌsælmənɛlˈoʊsɪs)
US
noun
a disease caused by various strains of salmonella and characterized by fever and intestinal disorders
Word origin
< salmonella + -osis
salmonellosis in American English
(ˌsælmənlˈousɪs)
noun
Pathology
food poisoning caused by consumption of food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella, characterized by the sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever
Word origin
[1910–15; salmonell(a) + -osis]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cat and mouse, flashback, functionalism, grass roots, zing-osis is a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis)
Examples of 'salmonellosis' in a sentence
salmonellosis
They paid for flights home and on their return were diagnosed as suffering from acute salmonellosis.