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

1 sense of shigella

Sense 1
shigella -- (rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; some are pathogenic for warm-blooded animals; can be used as a bioweapon)
       => enteric bacteria, enterobacteria, enterics, entric -- (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)