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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr ?; ? ill, bad + ?, pl ?, intestines, fr 'ento`s within, fr ? in akin to E. in: cf F. dysenterie. See {Dys}, and {In}.] (Med.) 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. Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dysentery n : an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
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