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Dysentery is defined as a severe intestinal infection that causes diarrhea which sometimes has blood and mucus in it.

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An example of dysentery is when you get an infection in your intestines and you have uncontrollable diarrhea.

See dysentery in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of various intestinal inflammations characterized by abdominal pain and frequent and intense diarrhea with bloody, mucous feces

Origin: ME dissenterie < OFr < L dysenteria < Gr < dys-, dys- + enteron, pl. entera, bowels: see inter-

Related Forms:

dysenteric adjective

See dysentery in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English dissenterie

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin dysenteria

Origin: , from Greek dusenteriā

Origin: : dus-, dys-

Origin: + enteron, intestine; see en in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

dysˌen·terˈic adjective

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