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shigella
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[ʃɪˈɡɛlə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a bacterium that is an intestinal pathogen of humans and other primates, some kinds of which cause dysentery
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Origin
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modern Latin, from the name of Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist, + the diminutive suffix -ella
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