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foodborne

foodborne adjective: transmitted through food.

Adjective

foodborne (not comparable)

  1. Transmitted through food.
    • Many people become ill by ingesting foodborne bacteria.

Forms of foodborne

alternative formfood-borne

Origin of foodborne

From food + borne.

Words formed from foodborne

Phrases with foodborne

Questions about foodborne

What does foodborne mean?
Foodborne means transmitted through food.
What part of speech is foodborne?
Foodborne is an adjective.

Words near foodborne in the dictionary

  1. food-writing
  2. foodaholic
  3. foodaholics
  4. foodbank
  5. foodbanks
  6. foodborne
  7. foodborne disease
  8. foodborne diseases
  9. foodborne illness
  10. foodborne illnesses
  11. foodcation

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