Associations to the word «Shigellosis»

Wiktionary

SHIGELLOSIS, noun. (medicine) A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria

Dictionary definition

SHIGELLOSIS, noun. An acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne