HyperDic: amebic_dysentery

English > 1 sense of the expression amebic dysentery:
NOUNstateamebic dysentery, amoebic dysenteryinflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica
English > amebic dysentery: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaninginflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea.
Synonymamoebic dysentery
Broaderamebiasis, amoebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosisinfection by a disease-causing ameba
dysenteryAn infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
Spanishdisentería amebiana

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