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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 holonymdiarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels









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