Term: amebic dysentery: inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: exactness: the quality of being exact
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: check: (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: zoolatry: the worship of animals
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: diclofenac potassium: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: cow: a large unpleasant woman
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: residual: (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: first-aid kit: kit consisting of a set of bandages and medicines for giving first aid
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: cynosure: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: glassworks: a workplace where glass is made
Broader: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact | Unrelated: cat and mouse: a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first