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Definition of: dysentery
(dis′ən·ter′ē) noun Pathol.
A severe in flammation of the mucous membrane of the large intestine, attended with bloody evacuations, griping pains, and some fever; bloody flux. [<OF dysenterie <L dysenteria <Gk. <dys- bad + enteron intestine]
—dys′en·ter′ic or ·i·cal adjective
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