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shigellae

shigellae is the plural of shigella.

Meaning of shigella

Noun

shigella (plural shigella or shigellas or shigellae)

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

Questions about shigellae

What is shigellae the plural of?
Shigellae is the plural of shigella.

Words near shigellae in the dictionary

  1. shigatoxinagenic
  2. shigatoxins
  3. Shigatse
  4. Shigeko
  5. shigella
  6. shigellae
  7. shigellas
  8. shigelloses
  9. shigellosis
  10. shigellotic
  11. Shigemitsu

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