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SHIGA BACILLUS

• SHIGA BACILLUS (noun)
The noun SHIGA BACILLUS has 1 sense:

1. a bacillus that causes dysentery

Familiarity information: SHIGA BACILLUS used as a noun is very rare.

• SHIGA BACILLUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A bacillus that causes dysentery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

shiga bacillus; Shigella dysentariae

Hypernyms ("shiga bacillus" is a kind of...):

shigella (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon)

"Still waters run deep."
(English proverb)
"God gives us each a song."
(Native American proverb, Ute)
"Will take one to the water and bring him back thirsty."
(Armenian proverb)
"Still waters wash out banks."
(Czech proverb)

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