名詞 dysentery:

1. an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

dys.en.ter.y

n.（名詞）
An inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract, usually caused by a bacterial, parasitic, or protozoan infection and resulting in pain, fever, and severe diarrhea, often accompanied by the passage of blood and mucus.
痢疾：一種下腸道的炎癥，主要由細(xì)菌、寄生蟲(chóng)或原生動(dòng)物傳染所致。患者感到疼痛、發(fā)燒和嚴(yán)重腹瀉，并伴有排血和粘液

來(lái)源：
Middle English dissenterie
中古英語(yǔ) dissenterie
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin dysenteria
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) dysenteria
from Greek dusenteria
源自 希臘語(yǔ) dusenteria
dus- [dys-]
dus- [前綴，表.壞的.]
enteron [intestine] * see en
enteron [腸] *參見(jiàn) en

【引伸】
dys.enter.ic
adj.（形容詞）