Amebic Dysentery

Definition: Amebic Dysentery

Amebic Dysentery

Noun

1. Inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea.

Specialty Definitions: Amebic Dysentery

Domain	Definitions
Health	A form of dysentery, usually mild, found especially in childhood epidemics in many temperate countries. (references)
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Crosswords: Amebic Dysentery

English words defined with "amebic dysentery": chloroquine ♦ Endamoeba histolytica. (references)

Specialty definitions using "amebic dysentery": Dysentery, Amebic ♦ Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoebiasis. (references)

Photo Album: Amebic Dysentery

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Preparation of compilation in amebic dysentery study at the National Institute of Health.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Amebic Dysentery

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Amebic dysentery is a severe form of amebiasis associated with stomach pain, bloody stools, and fever. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Amebic Dysentery

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Ancestral Language Translations: Amebic Dysentery

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	abscessus amoebicus hepatis. (various references)
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Anagrams: Amebic Dysentery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-r-s-t-y-y"
	-4 letters: determinacy, sedimentary.
	-5 letters: banistered, cybernated, cysteamine, debarments, debasement, decameters, decenaries, decimeters, decrements, determines, disbarment, dynamiters, dysenteric, intercedes, mesenteric, miscreated, misentered, remediates.
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