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shigella

/ʃɪˈɡɛlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
shigel-la
IPA
/ʃɪˈɡɛlə/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.

Etymology

After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

Inflected Forms

shigellas (plural) shigellae (plural)

Rhymes With

venezuela umbrella vanilla bella stella ella fella cinderella hella coachella mozzarella salmonella

Questions

How do you pronounce shigella?
The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɪˈɡɛlə/.
What does shigella mean?
A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
Where does shigella come from?
After Kiyoshi Shiga, the Japanese bacteriologist who studied shigella.

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