transcription, транскрипция: [ shi-ˈge-lə ]
noun
( plural shi·gel·lae -ˈge-(ˌ)lē, -(ˌ)lī ; also -gellas )
Etymology: New Latin, from Kiyoshi Shiga died 1957 Japanese bacteriologist
Date: 1937
1. : any of a genus ( Shigella ) of nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria that cause dysenteries in animals and especially humans
2. : shigellosis