dysentery

dys·en·ter·y  (dsn-tr)

n.

An inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.

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[Middle English dissenterie, from Old French, from Latin dysenteria, from Greek dusenteri : dus-, dys- + enteron, intestine; see en in Indo-European roots.]

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dysen·teric adj.

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dysentery [ˈdɪs^əntrɪ]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood

[via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusentera, literally: bad bowels, from dys- + enteron intestine]

dysenteric  [ˌdɪs^ənˈtɛrɪk] adj

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dysentery  (dsn-tr)

A gastrointestinal disease characterized by severe, often bloody diarrhea, usually caused by infection with bacteria or parasites.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dysentery - an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery - inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea bacillary dysentery, shigellosis - an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels - frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Translations

dysentery [ˈdɪsntrɪ] N → disentería f

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dysentery [ˈdɪs^əntəri] n → dysenterie f

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dysentery

n → Dysenterie f, → Ruhr f

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dysentery [ˈdɪsɪntrɪ] n → dissenteria

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dysentery

n dysentery [ˈdisəntri]

an infectious disease with severe diarrhoea. disenterie إلْتِهاب الأمْعاء الغَليظَه дизентерия úplavice dysenteri der Durchfall (Dysenterie) δυσεντερία disentería düsenteeria اسهال خونی punatauti dysenterie דִיזנטֶרִיָה आमातिसार, पेचिश crijevna bolest praćena proljevom vérhas disentri blóðsótt, blóðkreppusótt, þarmabólga dissenteria 赤痢 이질 dizenterija dizentērija cirit-birit dysenterie dysenteri biegunka disenteria dizenterie дизентерия červienka, dyzentéria griža dizenterija dysenteri โรคบิด dizanteri, kanlı basur 痢疾 дизентерія پیچش bệnh lỵ 痢疾