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dysentery definition

dys·en·tery (dis′ən ter′ē)

noun

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

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

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