Attributive and (especially in early use) in the genitive. Designating the Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium Shigella sonnei, and the usually mild form of dysentery caused by it.
Origin
1920s. From the name of Carl Olaf Sonne, Danish bacteriologist, who described the bacterium in 1915.
Definition of Sonne in US English:
Sonne
nounˈsɒnə
Attributive and (especially in early use) in the genitive. Designating the Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium Shigella sonnei, and the usually mild form of dysentery caused by it.
Origin
1920s. From the name of Carl Olaf Sonne, Danish bacteriologist, who described the bacterium in 1915.