SHIGELLA


Meaning of SHIGELLA in English

[ ʃɪ'gɛlə ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~e ) a bacterium of a genus including some kinds responsible for dysentery. [Genus Shigella .]

Origin

mod. L., from the name of the Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), + the dimin. suffix -ella .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.