listeriosis

From listeria +‎ -osis.

listeriosis (countable and uncountable, plural listerioses)

1. (medicine) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, often through contaminated food.
   • 2025 January 25, Hanna Ziady, “‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.

• neurolisteriosis

• listeriotic

From listeria +‎ -osis.

• IPA^(key): /listeˈɾjosis/ [lis.t̪eˈɾjo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: lis‧te‧rio‧sis

listeriosis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) listeriosis