Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amoebic_dysentery

1 sense of amoebic dysentery

Sense 1
amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery -- (inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea)
       => amebiasis, amoebiasis, amebiosis, amoebiosis -- (infection by a disease-causing ameba)
       => dysentery -- (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)