listeriosis

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listeriosis

noun listerioses

  1. countable, uncountable An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, often through contaminated food. She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.

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noun disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes

Españollisteriosis
Portuguêslisteriose
Françaislistériose
Italianolisteriosi

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@misc{listeriosis_2026,
  title = {listeriosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/listeriosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}