dysentery - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dysentery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dysentery

[ n.]

- 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.

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dys- dysaesthesia dyscrasia dyscrasite dyscrasy dysenteric dysenterical dysgenesic dysgenesis dyslogistic

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