HyperDic: mallon

English > 1 sense of the word Mallon:
NOUNperson Mallon, Mary Mallon, Typhoid MaryUnited States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
Mallon > pronunciation
Soundsmae'lahn
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English > Mallon: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningUnited States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938).
SynonymsMary Mallon, Typhoid Mary
Instance ofcarrier, immune carrier(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
SpanishMary Mallon
CatalanMary Mallon

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