shigella

Definitions


[ʃɪˈɡɛlə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bacterium that is an intestinal pathogen of humans and other primates, some kinds of which cause dysentery


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Origin:
modern Latin, from the name of Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist, + the diminutive suffix -ella




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