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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: listeriosisOne entry found. Main Entry: lis·te·ri·o·sis Pronunciation: \lis-ˌtir-ē-ˈō-səs\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural lis·te·ri·o·ses \-ˌsēz\ Etymology: New Latin, from Listeria, from Joseph Lister Date: 1941 : 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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