Search Result for "listeriosis": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms;
[syn: listeriosis, listeria meningitis]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

listeriosis n 1: an infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes; in sheep and cattle the infection frequently involves the central nervous system and causes various neurological symptoms [syn: listeriosis, listeria meningitis]