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Enteritis vs Dysentery - What's the difference?

enteritis | dysentery |

In pathology terms the difference between enteritis and dysentery

is that enteritis is inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea while dysentery is 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.

enteritis

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (pathology) Inflammation of the intestines, generally the small intestine, that may lead to diarrhea.

    • Anagrams

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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