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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
listeria /lɪˈstɪərɪə/

▶noun a type of bacterium which infects humans and other animals through contaminated food.

– origin 1940s: mod. L., named after the English surgeon Joseph Lister.

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