Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shigella_dysentariae

1 sense of shigella dysentariae

Sense 1
shiga bacillus, Shigella dysentariae -- (a bacillus that causes dysentery)
       => shigella -- (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon)