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# salmonella

noun (salmonella — uncountable)

«salmonella» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A kind of bacteria that can cause food poisoning, with stomach ache, being sick, diarrhoea and fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#m1)
2. The illness caused by these bacteria (often called salmonella or food poisoning). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health, cooking and food safety lessons: salmonella can be found in raw chicken, raw eggs and unwashed food, and on reptiles like turtles and lizards. To stay safe: wash hands, keep raw meat apart from ready-to-eat food, cook chicken and eggs fully, don't eat raw cake mix, keep food cold in the fridge. Phrases: salmonella poisoning, catch salmonella.

### Examples

- Salmonella is a germ that can give you food poisoning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x1)
- Always cook chicken all the way through to kill salmonella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x2)
- Don't eat raw cake mix — raw eggs can carry salmonella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x3)
- Wash your hands after touching raw meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x4)
- Pet turtles can carry salmonella, so wash your hands after holding them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x5)
- Use a different chopping board for raw meat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced sal-mo-NEL-la. Uncountable: «some salmonella», not «a salmonella». It is not a fish disease — the name comes from a scientist called Salmon, not the fish.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «salmonella» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«salmonella» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/salmonella.html) on Mova free.