shigellae

Variant of shigella

shigella definition

shi·gella (s̸hi gel′ə)

noun pl. shigellae -·lae (-ē) or shigellas -·las

any of a genus (Shigella) of Gram-negative bacilli, certain species of which cause dysentery

Etymology: ModL, after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870-1957), Jpn bacteriologist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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