HyperDic: shigellosis

English > 1 sense of the word shigellosis:
NOUNstateshigellosis, bacillary dysenteryan acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria
English > shigellosis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains.
Synonymbacillary dysentery
BroaderdysenteryAn infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
Spanishdisentería bacilar, shigelosis
Catalanshigel·losi, shigelosis

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