Dysentery

dis'en-ter-Y, n. (Med.) Inflammation of the rectum or colon, with griping pains, desire to evacuate the bowels, and discharges of mucus and blood. [Gr. dusand entera, intestines, entos, within.] — Dysenteric, -ical, a. Pert, to, accompanied with, proceeding from, or afflicted with, etc.