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amebic dysentery

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of amebic dysentery1

First recorded in 1890–95

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