noun, Nautical Slang.
salted beef; salt junk.
- SALT I
noun 1. See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks noun, (used with a plural verb) 1. either of two preliminary five-year agreements between the U.S. and the Soviet Union for the control of certain nuclear weapons, the first concluded in 1972 (SALT I) and the second drafted in 1979 (SALT II) but […]
- Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella ty·phi·mu·ri·um (tī’fə-myur’ē-əm) n. A bacterium that causes food poisoning.
- Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhi Salmonella ty·phi (tī’fī) n. Typhoid bacillus.
- Salmonella poisoning
Salmonella poisoning n. Gastroenteritis that is caused by food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella which multiply freely in the gastrointestinal tract but do not produce septicemia. Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.