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shigella

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Etymology

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After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

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Noun

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shigella (plural shigella or shigellas or shigellae)

  1. (bacteriology) A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.

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