Pathology · Digestive System · Hard

Shigella

Meaning: Genus of bacteria causing dysentery with bloody diarrhoea.

In practice: Shigella spreads easily in nurseries through poor hand hygiene and contaminated surfaces.

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Which word means: Benign, disorganised overgrowth of tissue normally found in that part of the body.

Which word means: Abnormal mass of tissue formed by uncontrolled cell growth, which may be benign or malignant.

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