pullorum

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UK/pʊˈlɔːɹəm/

noun

A severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.

OriginLatin pullorum →
First used 20th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nounpullorum (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyA severe infectious disease of young poultry, caused by a form of the salmonella bacterium.First known use 20th c.

    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

  1. Latinpullorum
  2. Englishpullorum

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

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Translations

Finnish valkovatsuri
  • valkovatsuridisease of young poultry
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“pullorum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullorum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pullorum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pullorum.

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