SHIGELLA


Meaning of SHIGELLA in English

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

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