different between dysentery vs conessine

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (dusentería), from ???- (dus-, “bad”) + ?????? (éntera, “bowels”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s?n?t??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s?nt??i/, /?d?s?nt?i/

Noun

dysentery (countable and uncountable, plural dysenteries)

1. (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.
2. Diarrhea

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• shigellosis

English

Etymology

conessi +? -ine, after the name of a tree.

Noun

conessine (usually uncountable, plural conessines)

1. A steroid alkaloid found in a number of plant species of the Apocynaceae family, sometimes used in herbal medicine as a treatment for amoebic dysentery.