salmonella enteritidis

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   a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans

   SynonymsGartner's bacillus

   Broadersalmonella

Questions about salmonella enteritidis

What does salmonella enteritidis mean?

salmonella enteritidis means "a form of salmonella that causes gastroenteritis in humans".

What is another word for salmonella enteritidis?

Close synonyms include Gartner's bacillus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is salmonella enteritidis a common word?

salmonella enteritidis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.