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Noun: dysentery  'di-sun,te-ree [N. Amer], di-sun-t(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhoea

Derived forms: dysenteries

Type of: infectious disease

Encyclopedia: Dysentery Dysentery, amebic Dysentery, bacillary

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