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