Definition of dysentery

(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon, accompanied by pain in the abdomen, severe diarrhea and often with blood in the feces.

Etymology: From dissenterie, from dysenteria, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, ), from (polytonic, -) "dys-" + (polytonic, á) "bowels".

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