Diarrhea vs. Dysentery

Diarrheanoun

A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements.

Diarrheanoun

The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

Diarrheanoun

A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

Diarrheanoun

frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Diarrhea

Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose, liquid, or watery bowel movements each day. It often lasts for a few days and can result in dehydration due to fluid loss.

Dysenterynoun

(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 of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.

Dysenterynoun

Diarrhea

Dysenterynoun

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.

Dysenterynoun

an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

Dysentery

Dysentery () is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation.