dysentery
INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINE CAUSING DIARRHEA WITH BLOOD
Dysentry; Dysentary; Dysentery, amebic; Bloody Flux; Disentery; Disentry; Chronic dysentery; Bloody flux; Dysntery; Bloody diarrhea; Disintry; Dissintry
['d?s(?)nt(?)ri]
¦ noun infection of the intestines with bacteria or protozoans, resulting in severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus in the faeces.
Derivatives
dysenteric -'t?r?k adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. dissenterie, or via L. from Gk dusenteria, from dusenteros 'afflicted in the bowels'.