bacillary dysentery

noun Pathology.

shigellosis.

Origin of bacillary dysentery

First recorded in 1905–10

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bacillary dysentery in Medicine

bacillary dysentery

n.

Any of various severe infections of the colon caused by microorganisms, especially of the genus Shigella, that result in abdominal cramping, fever, and passage of blood-stained stools or of material consisting of blood and mucus.

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