dysentery

  • 41protozoal dysentery — dysentery caused by protozoa; see amebic d. and balantidial d …

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  • 42schistosomal dysentery — dysentery accompanying intestinal schistosomiasis; called also bilharzial d …

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  • 43dysentery toxin — any of various exotoxins produced by species of Shigella. The one formed by S. dysenteriae serovar 1 (Shiga toxin) is a potent neurotoxin with hemorrhagic and paralytic properties …

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  • 44amoebic dysentery — noun inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea • Syn: ↑amebic dysentery • Hypernyms: ↑amebiasis, ↑amoebiasis, ↑amebiosis,… …

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  • 45amebic dysentery — noun inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea • Syn: ↑amoebic dysentery • Hypernyms: ↑amebiasis, ↑amoebiasis, ↑amebiosis …

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  • 46amebic dysentery — n acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by a common ameba of the genus Entamoeba (E. histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall * * * dysentery due to intestinal ulceration caused by severe… …

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  • 47Flexner bacillus dysentery — Flex·ner bacillus, dysentery (fleksґnər) [Simon Flexner, American pathologist, 1863–1946] see Shigella flexneri, and see bacillary dysentery, under dysentery …

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  • 48bacillary dysentery — noun an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains • Syn: ↑shigellosis • Hypernyms: ↑dysentery * * * noun : shigellosis * * * Pathol. shigellosis. [1905 10] * * * …

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  • 49Дизентерия (Dysentery) — инфекционное заболевание кишечника, вызывающее у человека сильный понос с примесью крови и слизи. Амебная дизентерия (amocbic dysentery) (амебиаз) (amoebiasis) развивается в результате попадания в организм человека простейших вида Entamoeba… …

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  • 50amoebic dysentery — n. alt. sp. of AMEBIC DYSENTERY * * * …

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