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noun
A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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noun
rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entric
Narrower terms: shiga bacillus, Shigella dysentariae
History
After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.
