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cholera
Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food. -
dysentery
Infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces. -
enterotoxemia
Blood poisoning caused by an enterotoxin. -
squirt
to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us. -
summer complaint
an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene. -
travelers' diarrhea
persistent and often severe diarrhea experienced by a traveler whose digestive system is unaccustomed to the bacteria in local food and water.