NOUN | person | Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary | United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938) |
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Sounds | mae'lahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938). | |
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Synonyms | Mary Mallon, Typhoid Mary | |
Instance of | carrier, immune carrier | (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others |
Spanish | Mary Mallon | |
Catalan | Mary Mallon |
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