Associations to the word «Salmonella»

Wiktionary

SALMONELLA, noun. Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases
SALMONELLA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae   — the salmonella bacteria.

Dictionary definition

SALMONELLA, noun. Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats