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listerial

listerial adjective: of or pertaining to listerias, or to the genus Listeria.

Adjective

listerial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to listerias, or to the genus Listeria

Origin of listerial

From listeria + -al.

Words formed from listerial

Questions about listerial

What does listerial mean?
Listerial means of or pertaining to listerias, or to the genus Listeria.
What part of speech is listerial?
Listerial is an adjective.

Words near listerial in the dictionary

  1. listens with half an ear
  2. lister
  3. Lister's river snail
  4. listerellosis
  5. listeria
  6. listerial
  7. Listerian
  8. listerias
  9. listeric
  10. listericidal
  11. listericin

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