amebic dysentery

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noun Pathology.

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

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Also called amebiasis, intestinal amebiasis, amebic colitis.

Origin of amebic dysentery

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby amebic dysentery

ameba, amebiasis, amebic, amebic abscess, amebic colitis, amebic dysentery, amebic granuloma, amebicide, amebiform, amebiosis, amebism

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In the 18th century, German immigrants coming to Pennsylvania boarded ships plagued with typhus, dysentery, smallpox, and scurvy.
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I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl.
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She ended up in prison on the island of Saipan where she either was executed or died of dysentery.
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At last, 17 days after he left his summer palace, His Holiness, seriously ill with dysentery, crossed the Indian border.
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But he had gone away, on account of the deaths which had occurred there from some form of dysentery.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Stools composed almost wholly of mucus and streaked with blood are the rule in dysentery, ileocolitis, and intussusception.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Its internal uses are in hysteria, and 136 in such conditions as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
Before that they were all crammed into the six cells, and locked in for the night, some of them with dysentery.
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The most common complaint is a dysentery, towards the latter end of the autumn.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

Medical definitions for amebic dysentery

amebic dysentery

n.

Severe intestinal infection of humans caused by the ameba Entamoeba histolytica and resulting in diarrhea, cramping, fever, and ulceration of the colon.

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