Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman. Oklahoma's Dede Westbrook (11) runs on a reverse and is tackled by Jordan Thomas (7) during the annual University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) Spring Game college football game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman.
What is dysentery? Dysentery broadly refers to infectious gastrointestinal disorders characterized by inflammation of the intestines, chiefly the colon. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines dysentery as any episode of diarrhea in which blood is present in loose, watery stools. Dysentery is spread among humans through contaminated food and water. Once a person is infected, the infectious organism lives in the intestines and is passed in the stool of the infected person. With some infections, animals can also be infected and spread the disease to humans.
Dis- (or, sometimes Mis-) is the respective prefix in English language for the prefix Dys- (Î´ÏÏ-) in Greek language. To comprehend the -entery (-enteria) suffix think of iâ¦nterior. Dysentery stands for the: discomfort of the intestines, the discomfort of the human body interior.