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/ʃɪˈɡɛlə/ · noun
(bacteriology) A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis..
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Shigella means (bacteriology) A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis..
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