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DYSENTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dysentery" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
Meronyms (parts of "dysentery"):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dysentery"):
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)
