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1. (n.) dysentery
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 <dysénter(a) bad bowels)
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| Definition of 'Dysentery' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dysentery
an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Dysentery
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
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1. Dysentery
Acute inflammation of the intestine associated with infectious DIARRHEA of various etiologies, generally acquired by eating contaminated food containing TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL derived from BACTERIA or other microorganisms. Dysentery is characterized initially by watery FECES then by bloody mucoid stools. It is often associated with ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and DEHYDRATION.
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Sense: an infectious disease with severe diarrhoea.
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 Afrikaans: disenterie |
 Arabic: إلْتِهاب الأمْعاء الغَليظ |
 Bulgarian: дизентерия |
 Brazilian: disenteria |
 Czech: úplavice |
 German: der Durchfall (Dysenterie |
 Danish: dysenteri |
 Greek: δυσεντερία |
 Spanish: disentería |
 Estonian: düsenteeria |
 Farsi: اسهال خونی |
 Finnish: punatauti |
 French: dysenterie |
 Hebrew: דִיזנטֶרִיָה |
 Hindi: आमातिसार, पेचिश |
 Croatian: crijevna bolest praćena p |
 Hungarian: vérhas |
 Indonesian: disentri |
 Icelandic: blóðsótt, blóðkreppusótt, |
 Italian: dissenteria |
 Japanese: 赤痢 |
 Korean: 이질 |
 Lithuanian: dizenterija |
 Latvian: dizentērija |
 Malay: cirit-birit |
 Dutch: dysenterie |
 Norwegian: dysenteri |
 Polish: biegunka |
 Persian: اسهال خونی |
 Pashto: د وينى اسهال |
 Portuguese: disenteria |
 Romanian: dizenterie |
 Russian: дизентерия |
 Slovak: červienka, dyzentéria |
 Slovenian: griža |
 Serbian: dizenterija |
 Swedish: dysenteri |
 Thai: โรคบิด |
 Turkish: dizanteri, kanlı basur |
 Taiwanese: 痢疾 |
 Ukrainian: дизентерія |
 Urdu: پیچش |
 Vietnamese: bệnh lỵ |
 Chinese: 痢疾 |
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