HyperDic: shigella

English > 1 sense of the word shigella:
NOUNanimalshigellarod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria
English > shigella: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningrod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon.
Member ofgenus ShigellaA genus of bacteria
Narrowershiga bacillus, Shigella dysentariaeA bacillus that causes dysentery
Broaderenteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entricrod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria
Spanishshigella
Catalanshigel·la, Shigella

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