listeriosis: Meaning and Definition of

lis•te•ri•o•sis

Pronunciation: (li-stēr"ē-ō'sis), [key]
— pl. -ses
  1. a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of humans, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
listeria Listerism
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