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pullorum

UK/pʊˈlɔːɹəm/

pullorum noun: a severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.

Noun

pullorum (uncountable)

  1. A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
    • I should recount my own experience with chooks – and I do not mean the difficulties, with lice, mites, fowl pox, pullorum or bum-drop about which subjects Goon's otherwise taciturn cousin gave me enough information to last a lifetime.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 246

Origin of pullorum

From Latin pullorum, originally as part of a specific name Bacterium pullorum, now as the name of a serovar.

Questions about pullorum

What does pullorum mean?
Pullorum means a severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.
What part of speech is pullorum?
Pullorum is a noun.
How do you pronounce pullorum?
Pullorum is pronounced /pʊˈlɔːɹəm/ (UK).

Words near pullorum in the dictionary

  1. Pullmanize
  2. Pullmanized
  3. Pullmanizes
  4. Pullmanizing
  5. Pullmans
  6. pullorum
  7. pullout
  8. pullouts
  9. pullover
  10. pullovered
  11. pullovers

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