English noun: dysentery | |||
1. | dysentery (state) an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | infectious disease | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery, bacillary dysentery, shigellosis | ||
Part holonym | diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels | ||