shigellosis

English

Etymology

From translingual Shigella +‎ -osis; the former is from the name of Kiyoshi Shiga.

Pronunciation

Noun

shigellosis (plural shigelloses)

  1. (medicine) A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria

Translations

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.