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: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: pollucite: a rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: divot: a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: extrovert: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: boa constrictor: very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: gummed label: an adhesive label
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: advance: an amount paid before it is earned
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: consistency: (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: anonymous ftp: a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: dismissal: permission to go; the sending away of someone
Broader: dysentery: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea | Unrelated: embolus: an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood