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countable and uncountable, plural dysenteries
(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces. quotations
We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.
1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music)
Diarrhea. examples