shigella
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English
Etymology
After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.
Pronunciation
Noun
shigella (plural shigella or shigellas or shigellae)
- (bacteriology) A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.