pullorum disease

noun

pul·​lo·​rum disease pə-ˈlȯr-əm- 

: a destructive typically diarrheal salmonellosis especially of young domestic chickens that is caused by a bacterium (Salmonella pullorum)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin pullorum (specific epithet of Salmonella pullorum), from Latin, of chickens (genitive plural of pullus)

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pullorum disease

noun

pul·​lo·​rum disease pə-ˈlōr-əm-, -ˈlȯr- 

: a destructive typically diarrheic salmonellosis especially of the domestic chicken caused by a bacterium of the genus Salmonella (S. pullorum) which is transmitted either through the egg or from chick to chick

called also pullorum