First Known Use: 1929
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pullorum disease
noun pul·lo·rum disease \pə-ˈlȯr-əm-\
Definition of PULLORUM DISEASE
: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum)
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Origin of PULLORUM DISEASE
New Latin pullorum (specific epithet of Salmonella pullorum), from Latin, of chickens (genitive plural of pullus)
Medical Dictionary
pullorum disease
noun pul·lo·rum disease \pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr-\
Medical Definition of PULLORUM DISEASE
: a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis especially of the domestic chicken caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. pullorum) which is transmitted either through the egg or from chick to chick—called also pullorum
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