shigella
/ʃɪˈgelə/noun
1- a bacterium that is an intestinal pathogen of humans and other primates, some kinds of which cause dysentery志贺氏（杆）菌。
1.1
- Genus Shigella; Gram-negative rods.志贺氏菌属, 革兰氏阴性杆菌。
词源
modern Latin, from the name of Kiyoshi Shiga （1870-1957）, Japanese bacteriologist, + the diminutive suffix -ella.