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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dysentery /ˈdɪs(ə)nt(ə)ri/

▶noun infection of the intestines with bacteria or protozoans, resulting in severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus in the faeces.

– derivatives
dysenteric /-ˈtɛrɪk/ adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. dissenterie, or via L. from Gk dusenteria, from dusenteros ‘afflicted in the bowels’.

'dysentery' also found in these Oxford entries:

amoebiasis - flux - ispaghula - rinderpest - shigella

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