| 单词 |
Shigella |
| 释义 |
Shigella Bacteriol.|ʃɪˈgɛlə|
Also shigella. Pl. -ellæ, -ellas.
[mod.L., f. Shiga + L. -ella (see -el2).]
1. A member of the genus of Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria so called, which includes some causing dysentery in man and other animals.
[1919Castellani & Chalmers Man. Trop. Med. (ed. 3) xxxvi. 934 Non-motile—Genus 3, Shigella Castellani and Chalmers, 1918.] 1937M. Frobisher Fund. Bacteriol. xxx. 316 A number of the shigellas..(also commonly known as dysentery bacilli) cause intestinal disturbances. 1969New Yorker 11 Oct. 123/3 A shigella infection produces a rather distinctive kind of damage that can be detected by microscopic examination. 1977Lancet 19 Feb. 409/2 Fæces from 11 children and 3 adults who were ill were examined for salmonellæ, shigellæ, and Staphylococcus aureus with negative results.
2. = shigellosis. Also Shigella dysentery.
1963G. Maxwell Rocks Remain ii. 21 Immediate veterinary tests showed the presence of liver fluke... When further tests showed the presence of Shigella dysentry [sic], we decided to abandon interest in the flukes altogether. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 10 May 25/1 Belinda Manybears, three months old, was suffering from shigella, a type of dysentery, at the time of her death. Ibid. 1 July 32/2 An intestinal disease doctors have tentatively diagnosed as Shigella swept through the luxury ship. 1977Shigella dysentery [see shigellosis]. |
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