pullorum disease
noun
pul·lo·rum disease pə-ˈlȯr-əm- 
: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum)
Word History
Etymology
New Latin pullorum (specific epithet of Salmonella pullorum), from Latin, of chickens (genitive plural of pullus)
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
pullorum disease
noun
pul·lo·rum disease pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr-
: a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis especially of the domestic chicken caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. pullorum) which is transmitted either through the egg or from chick to chick
called also pullorum
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