amoebic dysentery

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amoebic dysentery

An acute, inflammatory infection of the COLON caused by the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica , characterized by ulceration of the lining with pain and diarrhoea. The amoebae undermine the bowel lining, enter the veins in the wall of the intestine, and are carried to the liver where they may cause large abscesses.

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