dysentery (noun)

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• dysentery — ► NOUN ▪ a disease in which the intestines are infected, resulting in severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus in the faeces. ORIGIN Greek dusenteria, from dusenteros afflicted in the bowels …   English terms dictionary

• dysentery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amoebic … OF DYSENTERY ▪ attack ▪ outbreak …   Collocations dictionary

• dysentery — noun (plural teries) Etymology: Middle English dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Greek, from dys + enteron intestine more at inter Date: 14th century 1. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dysentery — noun /ˈdɪsɛntəɹi,ˈdɪsəntɹi/ A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, low volume of diarrhea, and possible… …   Wiktionary

• dysentery — noun (U) a serious disease of your bowel (1) s that makes them bleed and pass much more waste than usual …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• amoebic dysentery — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑amebiasis, ↑amoebiasis, ↑amebiosis,… …   Useful english dictionary

• amebic dysentery — noun inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea • Syn: ↑amoebic dysentery • Hypernyms: ↑amebiasis, ↑amoebiasis, ↑amebiosis …   Useful english dictionary

• bacillary dysentery — noun an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains • Syn: ↑shigellosis • Hypernyms: ↑dysentery * * * noun : shigellosis * * * Pathol. shigellosis. [1905 10] * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• dysentery — dys|en|ter|y [ dısn,teri ] noun uncount a serious disease that affects your BOWELS and makes you go to the toilet very frequently and become very weak …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dysentery — [ dɪs(ə)nt(ə)ri] noun infection of the intestines with bacteria or protozoans, resulting in severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus in the faeces. Derivatives dysenteric tɛrɪk adjective Origin ME: from OFr. dissenterie, or via L. from Gk dusenteria …   English new terms dictionary

• dysentery — UK [ˈdɪs(ə)ntrɪ] / US [ˈdɪs(ə)nˌterɪ] noun [uncountable] a serious disease that affects your bowels and makes you go to the toilet very frequently and become very weak …   English dictionary