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Definitions for Dysentery
[1] Pathology . an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
[2] diarrhea.
[3] infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood
Words related to Dysentery
flux, diarrhea, diarrhoea, tourista, turistas
Words nearby Dysentery
dyschronogenic, dyscoria, dyscrasia, dysembryoma, dysencephalia splanchnocystica, dysentery, dyserethism, dysergia, dysesthesia, dysfibrinogenemia, dysfluency
Origin of Dysentery
1350–1400; < Medieval Latin dysenteria < Greek, equivalent to dysénter(a ) bad bowels (see dys-, enteron) + -ia -ia; replacing Middle English dissenterie < Old French
Other words from Dysentery
dys·en·ter·ic , adjective
post·dys·en·ter·ic , adjective
dys′en•ter′ ic adj.
Word origin for Dysentery
C14: via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusentera, literally: bad bowels, from dys- + enteron intestine
Synonyms for Dysentery
Montezuma's revenge, backdoor trots, diarrhea, diarrhoea, flux, loose stool, runs, summer complaint, tourista, trots, turistas