Definition for DYS'EN-TER-Y

DYS'EN-TER-Y, n. [L. dysenteria; Gr. δυσεντερια; δυς, bad, and εντερον, intestines.]

A flux in which the stools consist chiefly of blood and mucus or other morbid matter, accompanied with griping of the bowels, and followed by tenesmus. – Encyc.

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