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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dys·en·tery (plural -ter·ies) ETYMOLOGY Middle English dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria,from Greek, from dys- + enteron intestine — more at inter- DATE 14th century 1. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection 2. diarrhea English Etymology dysentery late 14c., from O.Fr . dissenterie, from L. dysenteria, from Gk.dysenteria, coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter-).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 dysentery dys·en·tery / 5disEntri; NAmE -teri / noun[U] an infection of the bowels that causes severe diarrhoea with loss of blood 痢疾 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English dysentery noun ADJ. amoebic QUANT. attack | outbreak • Special page at Special page-ILLNESS Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dys·en·tery \ˈdisən.ˌterē, -ˌteri also -_t(ə)r-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Greek, from dys- + enteron intestine + -ia -y — more at inter- 1. : an often epidemic or endemic disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and often with intestinal ulceration and generalized toxemia, marked by abdominal pain and tenesmus, and usually caused by infection with pathogenic bacteria or protozoans that are spread chiefly through contaminated food or water — see amebic dysentery; compare shigellosis 2. : diarrhea ; especially : severe diarrhea of domestic animals3. : any of various infectious or nutritive disorders of insects (as honeybees or silkworms) characterized by the passage of excessive amounts of usually atypical frass |
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