dysentery
51swine dysentery — n an acute infectious hemorrhagic dysentery of swine * * * a contagious form of enteritis in young swine, caused by Brachyspira hyodysenteriae and marked by grayish feces. Called also bloody scours …
52balantidial dysentery — protozoal dysentery caused by the species Balantidium coli, with symptoms similar to those of amebic dysentery …
53ciliary dysentery — ciliate dysentery protozoal dysentery caused by ciliate organisms; see balantidial d …
54Sonne dysentery — Son·ne dysentery (sonґə) [Carl Olaf Sonne, Danish bacteriologist, 1882–1948] see under dysentery …
55amebic dysentery — n. a form of dysentery caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) …
56amoebic dysentery — n. alt. sp. of AMEBIC DYSENTERY …
57amebic dysentery — noun Date: 1891 acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall …
58amebic dysentery — Pathol. a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized esp. by ulceration of the large intestine. Also called amebiasis, intestinal amebiasis, amebic colitis. [1890 95] * * * …
59flagellate dysentery — protozoal dysentery caused by a flagellate organism, such as Giardia lamblia or Trichomonas …
60Flexner dysentery — bacillary dysentery caused by Shigella flexneri …