a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
dysentery
noun(dys-en-tery)
diarrhea
dysentery
noun(dys-en-tery)
acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by an amoeba (Entamoeba histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall