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# salmonella

«salmonella» in Mova's school dictionary: **A kind of bacteria that can cause food poisoning, with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (salmonella — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A kind of bacteria that can cause food poisoning, with stomach ache, being sick, diarrhoea and fever. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x1)
- Always cook chicken all the way through to kill salmonella. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x2)
- Don't eat raw cake mix — raw eggs can carry salmonella. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x3)
- Wash your hands after touching raw meat. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/#x5)
- Use a different chopping board for raw meat. [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes and baby chicks often carry salmonella germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/9/)
- [Reptiles often carry salmonella germs, so you wash your hands with soap after every touch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/13/)
- [Reptiles such as turtles, snakes and lizards often carry Salmonella germs that can make people sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/24/)
- [Children in Ohio cuddled and kissed backyard chickens; several got Salmonella and were sick for days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/7/)
- [Chickens can carry salmonella germs, so you wash your hands after handling them or their eggs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «salmonella» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salmonella/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.