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viral dysentery

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dysentery /dys·en·tery/ (dis´en-ter″e) any of a number of disorders marked by inflammation of the intestine, especially of the colon, with abdominal pain, tenesmus, and frequent stools containing blood and mucus.dysenter´ic
amebic dysentery  dysentery due to ulceration of the bowel caused by severe amebiasis.
bacillary dysentery  dysentery caused by Shigella.
viral dysentery  dysentery caused by a virus, occurring in epidemics and marked by acute watery diarrhea.

viral dysentery
n.
A profuse watery diarrhea believed to be the result of viral infection.

viral dysentery
[vī′rəl]
Etymology: L, virus, poison; Gk, dys, bad, enteron, intestine
a form of dysentery caused by a virus and usually characterized by an acute watery diarrhea.


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