Medical Dictionary

amebic dysentery

noun

Medical Definition of AMEBIC DYSENTERY

:  acute human intestinal amebiasis caused by a common ameba of the genus Entamoeba (E. histolytica) and marked by dysentery, abdominal pain, and erosion of the intestinal wall

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