dysentery
31dysentery — dys·en·tery …
32dysentery — UK [ˈdɪs(ə)ntrɪ] / US [ˈdɪs(ə)nˌterɪ] noun [uncountable] a serious disease that affects your bowels and makes you go to the toilet very frequently and become very weak …
33dysentery — [ˈdɪs(ə)ntri] noun [U] a serious disease that causes severe DIARRHOEA …
34dysentery — dys•en•ter•y [[t]ˈdɪs ənˌtɛr i[/t]] n. pat any infectious disease of the large intestines marked by hemorrhagic diarrhea with mucus and often blood in the feces • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME dissenterie < OF < ML dysenteria < Gk <… …
35dysentery — /ˈdɪsəntri / (say disuhntree) noun an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhoea that becomes mucous and haemorrhagic. {Latin dysenteria, from Greek; replacing Middle English… …
36dysentery — Severe diarrhea, usually from a colon infection, and containing blood and dead mucus membrane cells …
37dysentery — n. a disease with inflammation of the intestines, causing severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus. Derivatives: dysenteric adj. Etymology: OF dissenterie or L dysenteria f. Gk dusenteria (as DYS , enteria f. entera bowels) …
38bacillary dysentery — dysentery caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Shigella, marked by intestinal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea with mucus and blood in the feces, and often toxemia; it is especially prevalent in tropical countries, but frequently occurs… …
39fulminant dysentery — dysentery having intense symptoms, with collapse, toxemia, and often death. Called also malignant d …
40malarial dysentery — dysentery occurring in malaria …
