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Shigellosis Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Shigellosis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains

2

A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria

See Also
ekiri intestinal infection shigelloses dysentery ekiri syndrome shigella bacteria
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dysentery
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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