shigella

shi·gel·la

 (shĭ-gĕl′ə)

n. pl. shi·gel·lae (-gĕl′ē) also shi·gel·las

Any of various nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Shigella, which includes some species that cause dysentery.

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[New Latin Shigella, genus name, after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870-1957), Japanese bacteriologist.]

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shigella

(ʃɪˈɡɛlə)

n

(Microbiology) any rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Shigella; some species cause dysentery

[C20: named after K. Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist, who discovered it]

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shi•gel•la

(ʃɪˈgɛl ə)

n., pl. -gel•lae (-ˈgɛl i)
-gel•las.

any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic.

[< New Latin (1918), after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese scientist; see -ella]

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shigella - rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon enteric bacteria, enterics, enterobacteria, entric - rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals genus Shigella - a genus of bacteria shiga bacillus, Shigella dysentariae - a bacillus that causes dysentery

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