shi·gel·la (sh -g l  )n. pl. shi·gel·lae (-g l ) also shi·gel·las Any of various nonmotile, rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Shigella, which includes some species that cause dysentery. [New Latin Shigella, genus name, after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870-1957), Japanese bacteriologist.] |
shigella [ʃɪˈgɛlə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium of the genus Shigella; some species cause dysentery
[named after K. Shiga (1870-1957), Japanese bacteriologist, who discovered it]
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| Noun | 1. | 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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