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amoebic dysentery

noun

  1. inflammation of the intestines caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And I got amoebic dysentery in Louisiana, and got very sick.

Among the well-known human diseases of protozoan origin are malaria, amoebic dysentery, and sleeping-sickness.

The chief cause of amoebic dysentery in the Philippines has undoubtedly been infected drinking water.

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