Synonyms & related words for shigellosis

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of shigellosis. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to shigellosis

Explore words related to shigellosis — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include shigelloses, shigella, campylobacteriosis, giardiasis, salmonellosis, cryptosporidiosis, dysentery, dysenteric. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does shigellosis come from?

The word shigellosis breaks down into 2 roots of Modern Latin and Greek origin: shigell, from Modern Latin Shigella (“bacterial genus named for K. Shiga”); and -osis, from Greek osis (“diseased condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.