shigellosis
[ shig-uh-loh-sis ]
nounPathology.
an acute intestinal infection caused by a bacterium of the genus Shigella, especially S. dysenteriae, common among children and characterized by fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
Origin of shigellosis
1First recorded in 1945–50; shigell(a) + -osis
- Also called bacillary dysentery .
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