a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection, infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood, sooltepõletik, millele on iseloomulik verine väljaheide, ägedate üldnähtude, jämesoole limaskesta kahjustuse ja kõhulahtisusega kulgev nakkushaigus, mida tekitavad amööbid või bakterid