Shiga bacillus

noun

Shi·ga bacillus | \ ˈshē-gə-

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Medical Definition of Shiga bacillus

: a widely distributed but chiefly tropical bacterium of the genus Shigella (S. dysenteriae) that causes dysentery in humans and monkeys

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