listeriosis
noun
lis·te·ri·o·sis
li-ˌstir-ē-ˈō-səs
plural listerioses
li-ˌstir-ē-ˈō-ˌsēz
: a serious encephalitic disease of a wide variety of animals that is caused by a bacterium (Listeria monocytogenes) and that in animals is often fatal but in humans is usually not fatal
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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