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Dysentery - What does it mean?

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dysentery

English

(wikipedia dysentery)

Noun

  • (pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
  • * {{quote-song
    • , year = 1959 , title = In Old Mexico , composer = (Tom Lehrer) , passage = We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dystentery . }}

    Derived terms

    * dysenteric * amoebic dysentery

    See also

    * shigellosis

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.