0 a disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be passed out of the body much more often and in a more liquid form than usual. It is caused by an infection that is spread by dirty water or food.
1 an infectious disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be excreted more often and in a more liquid form than usual
At the time of this engagement Sir James Brooke was lying ill with dysentery.
Dysentery now attacked the crew, and the boatswain's mate died.
Dysentery was raging in their ranks, and many could scarce drag themselves along.
Scurvy, diarrhea, dysentery, and hospital gangrene were the prevailing diseases.
Two of the men were now invalids, one with scurvy, the other with dysentery.
Shigella species are important pathogens responsible for diarrhoeal diseases and dysentery occurring all over the world.
Similar problems concerning monovalent or polyvalent sera had also arisen for dysentery sera.
Medical costs for dysentery patients are much lower.
