He came down with dysentery while traveling.
During the war, dysentery was widespread.
赤痢の症状には血便や腹痛がある。
Symptoms of dysentery include bloody stool and abdominal pain.
戦後、この地域で赤痢が流行した。
After the war, dysentery spread as an epidemic in this region.
He developed dysentery after drinking contaminated water.
疫痢 is an old term for a severe, often fatal form of bacillary dysentery in children, whereas 赤痢 is the general medical term for dysentery in anyone.
shigella; dysentery bacillus
shigellosis; bacillary dysentery
amoebic dysentery; amebiasis
From 赤 (red) + 痢 (diarrhea), referring to the bloody diarrhea characteristic of dysentery.