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Dysentery
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dysentery'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dysentery.html. 1828.