Dysentery

Definitions

1. A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
   countable, uncountable
2. Diarrhea.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.”

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