Salmonella definition
When you touch raw chicken and get bacteria on your hands that makes you very ill, the bacteria is an example of salmonella.
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Noun
Origin of salmonella
- New Latin Salmonella genus name after Daniel Elmer Salmon (1850–1914), American pathologist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- New Latin, from Salmon (“a surname") +"Ž -ella, after Daniel Elmer Salmon.
From Wiktionary
- From Salmonella, named for its discoverer, Daniel Elmer Salmon.
From Wiktionary