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dysentery
(encz) | dysentery,úplavice n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dysentery
(gcide) | Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. ?; dys- ill,
bad + ?, pl. ?, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. ? in,
akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In.]
(Med.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high
fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be
communicable through the medium of the alvine
discharges.
[1913 Webster] |
dysentery
(wn) | dysentery
n 1: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea |
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Dysentery
(gcide) | Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. ?; dys- ill,
bad + ?, pl. ?, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. ? in,
akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In.]
(Med.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high
fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be
communicable through the medium of the alvine
discharges.
[1913 Webster] |
amebic dysentery
(wn) | amebic dysentery
n 1: 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, amoebic dysentery] |
amoebic dysentery
(wn) | amoebic dysentery
n 1: 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, amoebic dysentery] |
bacillary dysentery
(wn) | bacillary dysentery
n 1: an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria;
characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains
[syn: shigellosis, bacillary dysentery] |
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