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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LISTER

n.One who makes a list or roll.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LISTER

LISTER List "er, n.

 

Defn: One who makes a list or roll.

 

LISTER

LISTER Lis "ter, n.

 

Defn: Same as Leister.

 

LISTERIAN

LISTERIAN Lis *te "ri *an, a. (Med. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to listerism.

 

LISTERISM

LISTERISM Lis "ter *ism, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.

 

LISTERIZE

LISTERIZE Lis "ter *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. -ized; p. pr. & vb. n. -izing.](Med. )

 

Defn: To make antiseptic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lister

list er |ˈlistər ˈlɪstər | noun a plow with a double moldboard. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from late 18th -cent. list prepare land for a crop (see list 1, -er 1 ).

 

Lister, Joseph

Lis ter, Joseph |ˈlistər ˈlɪstər |, 1st Baron (1827 –1912 ), English surgeon, inventor of antiseptic techniques in surgery. He realized the significance of Louis Pasteur's germ theory in connection with sepsis, and in 1865 he used carbolic acid dressings on patients who had undergone surgery.

 

listeria

lis te ri a |liˈstirēə ləˈstɪriə | noun a type of bacterium that infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food. [Listeria monocytogenes; motile aerobic Gram-positive rods. ] informal food poisoning or other disease caused by infection with listeria; listeriosis. ORIGIN 1940s: modern Latin, named after Joseph Lister, Joseph .

 

listeriosis

lis te ri o sis |liˌsti (ə )rēˈōsis ləˌstɪriˈoʊsəs | noun disease caused by infection with listeria.

 

Oxford Dictionary

lister

list ¦er |ˈlɪstə | noun US a plough with a double mouldboard. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from list 1 in the late 18th -cent. sense prepare land for a crop + -er 1 .

 

Lister, Joseph

Lis ¦ter |ˈlɪstə |, 1st Baron (1827 –1912 ), English surgeon, inventor of antiseptic techniques in surgery. He realized the significance of Louis Pasteur's germ theory in connection with sepsis and in 1865 he used carbolic acid dressings on patients who had undergone surgery.

 

listeria

listeria |lɪˈstɪərɪə | noun [ mass noun ] a type of bacterium which infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food. Listeria monocytogenes; motile aerobic Gram-positive rods. informal food poisoning or other disease caused by infection with listeria; listeriosis. ORIGIN 1940s: modern Latin, named after Joseph Lister, Joseph .

 

listeriosis

listeriosis |lɪˌstɪərɪˈəʊsɪs | noun [ mass noun ] disease caused by infection with listeria, which can resemble influenza or meningitis and may cause miscarriage.

 

Duden Dictionary

Listeria

Lis te ria Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |List e ria |die Listeria; Genitiv: der Listeria, Plural: die Listerien und Listeriae |[…i̯ɛ ]|nach dem britischen Chirurgen J. Lister, 1827 –1912 in der Natur (z. B. in Fäkalien ) weitverbreitete, krankheitserregende Bakterie

 

Listeriose

Lis te ri o se Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Listeri o se |die Listeriose; Genitiv: der Listeriose, Plural: die Listeriosen durch Listerien hervorgerufene, auf den Menschen übertragbare Infektionskrankheit von Haus- und Wildtieren, eine Zoonose

 

French Dictionary

lister

lister v. tr. verbe transitif informatique Établir une liste de données, d ’instructions à l ’aide d ’un ordinateur. aimer

 

Spanish Dictionary

listero, -ra

listero, -ra nombre masculino y femenino Esp Operario que se encarga de pasar lista al personal de una empresa, anotando las ausencias, y de repartir las nóminas :a las once viene a buscarla su hijo, que quedó cojo en la guerra y está de listero en las obras de los nuevos ministerios .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

listeria

lis te ri a /lɪstí ə riə /名詞 U 通例 the /L- 〗リステリア菌 .