dysentery
noun/ˈdɪsəntri/
/ˈdɪsənteri/
[uncountable]- an infection of the bowels that causes severe diarrhoea with loss of blood see also amoebic dysenteryTopics Health problemsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- amoebic
- attack
- outbreak
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French dissenterie, or via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusenteros ‘afflicted in the bowels’, from dus- ‘bad’ + entera ‘bowels’.Take your English to the next level
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