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dysentery

dys.en.tery \'dis-*n-.ter-e-\ n [ME dissenteris, fr. L dysenteria, fr. Gk, 
   fr. dys- + ente]ron intestine - more at INTER- 1: a disease characterized 
   by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blo od and usu. caused by 
   infection 2: DIARRHEA