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Dysentery

//ˈdɪs.ənˌtɛɹ.i// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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 diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces. countable, uncountable

    "We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery."

  2. 2
    an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea wordnet
  3. 3
    Diarrhea. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”).

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