For example the median expected annual pay for a typical Veterinary Assistant in the United States is $29,218, so 50% of the people who perform the job of Veterinary Assistant in the United States are expected to make less than $29,218. Source: HR Reported data as of March 31, 2017. Salary.
What is DYSENTERY? A term formerly applied to any condition in which inflammation of the colon was associated with the frequent passage of bloody stools. Now confined to 1 bacillary dysentery, due to infection with Bacterium dysenteriae, 2 amoebic dysentery, the result of infection with the Entamoeba histolytica. ENTAMOEBIASIS.
An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea. Classified under: Nouns denoting stable states of affairs. Hypernyms (dysentery is a kind of...): infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact) Meronyms (parts of dysentery): diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels (frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of dysentery): amebic dysentery; amoebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea)