Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dysentery"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. ?; ? ill, bad +
?, pl. ?, intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. ? in, akin to
E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See {Dys}, and {In}.] (Med.)
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the
colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains,
constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of
mucus and blood.
Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high
fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be
communicable through the medium of the alvine
discharges.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dysentery
n : an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
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