English Explanatory Dictionary

shigella

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.

Pronunciation

/ʃɪˈɡɛlə/

Word forms

shigella shigellas shigellae

Etymology

After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

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