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amoebic dysentery

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amoebic dysentery
n.
Variant of amebic dysentery.
amoebic dysentery
n
(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of the intestines caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
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Noun1.amoebic dysentery - inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
amebic dysentery
dysentery - an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
amebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiasis, amoebiosis - infection by a disease-causing ameba


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While suffering from a relapse of amoebic dysentery in 1959, Wright picked up a volume of Japanese haiku, which he read repeatedly and with fascination.
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