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Dysentery Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
dysentery
\dys"en*ter*y\ (?), n. [l. dysenteria, gr. &?;; &?; ill, bad + &?;, pl. &?;, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. &?; in, akin to e. in: cf. f. dysenterie. see dys, and in.] (med.) a disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
note: when acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. it occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges.
Noun
1. an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
(hypernym) infectious disease
(hyponym) amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery
(part-meronym) diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels
Dysentery Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces with fever, abdominal pain, and rectal tenesmus. If left untreated, dysentery can be fatal.
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Dysentery Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A disorder of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by severe diarrhea with blood and pus in the feces. The disease frequently results from an infection by bacteria belonging to the genus Shigella.
Dysentery Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Dysentery Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
