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shigella

/ʃɪˈɡɛl.ə/

Traducción: Género de bacterias entéricas gramnegativas en forma de bacilo, algunas de cuyas especies son patógenas para animales de sangre caliente y pueden causar disentería bacilar o shigelosis en humanos.

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/ʃɪˈɡɛl.ə/C2formalmedical
  • esGénero de bacterias entéricas gramnegativas en forma de bacilo, algunas de cuyas especies son patógenas para animales de sangre caliente y pueden causar disentería bacilar o shigelosis en humanos.

A genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria, some species of which are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals and can be used as a bioweapon.

  1. Bacterial pathogenC1formalmedical

    A genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria that can cause dysentery and other intestinal infections in humans and other warm-blooded animals.

    esShigella

    • Shigella infection is often spread through contaminated food or water.
    • The laboratory identified the strain of Shigella in the patient's sample.
    • Some species of Shigella are considered potential agents for biological warfare.
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  • shigellae plural form
  • shigellas plural form
  • shigellae's possessive plural form
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  • shigella's possessive singular form