Shigella Definition

shĭ-gĕlə
shigellae, shigellas
noun
Any of a genus (Shigella) of Gram-negative bacilli, certain species of which cause dysentery.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Enterobacteriaceae "” certain gram-negative bacteria, some of which invade the colon and trigger dysentery.

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Other Word Forms of Shigella

Noun

Singular:
shigella
Plural:
shigellae, shigellas

Origin of Shigella

  • New Latin Shigella genus name after Kiyoshi Shiga (1870–1957), Japanese bacteriologist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese Shiga (“a surname") +"Ž -ella, after Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the name of Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

    From Wiktionary

Shigella Sentence Examples

  • Other examples of enterobacteria are species of Salmonella, Shigella, Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia, Proteus, and Yersinia.

  • Bloody diarrhea, sometimes called dysentery, is produced by EHEC, EIEC, some types of Salmonella, some types of Shigella, and Yersinia.

  • Shigellosis is an infection of the intestinal tract by a group of bacteria called Shigella.

  • Four different groups of Shigella can affect humans; of these, S. dysenteriae generally produces the most severe attacks, and S. sonnei the mildest.

  • Shigella are extremely infectious bacteria, and ingestion of just 10 organisms is enough to cause dysentery.

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