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MARY MALLON

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MARY MALLON (noun)
  The noun MARY MALLON has 1 sense:

1. United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)play

  Familiarity information: MARY MALLON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MARY MALLON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mallon; Mary Mallon; Typhoid Mary

Instance hypernyms:

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)


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