# shigella

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʃɪˈɡɛlə/ · frequency rank #97,546

## Definitions
1. A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.

## Etymology
After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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