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ID DOID:12384
Name dysentery
Definition An intestinal infectious disease that involves inflammation of the intestines, especially colon, due to chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms, which results in severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diarrhea#Types_of_diarrhea, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysentery, http://www.who.int/topics/dysentery/en/, http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=dysentery
Xrefs

ICD9CM:009.2

MESH:D004403

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:154268000

UMLS_CUI:C0013369

Synonyms

Infectious diarrhea [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a intestinal infectious disease

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