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Word: Shigella
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
modern Latin, from the name of Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist, + the diminutive suffix -ella
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ʃɪˈɡɛlə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a bacterium that is an intestinal pathogen of humans and other primates, some kinds of which cause dysentery.
Short Definition:bacterium that is intestinal pathogen of humans and other primates
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