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SHIGELLOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does shigellosis mean?

• SHIGELLOSIS (noun)
The noun SHIGELLOSIS has 1 sense:

1. an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains

Familiarity information: SHIGELLOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHIGELLOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

bacillary dysentery; shigellosis

Hypernyms ("shigellosis" is a kind of...):

dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)

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