- pseudodysentery
- Occurrence of symptoms indistinguishable from those of bacillary dysentery, due to causes other than the presence of the specific microorganisms of bacillary dysentery.
* * *
pseu·do·dys·en·tery (soo″do-disґən-ter″e) a condition with symptoms of dysentery but due to local irritation rather than to usual causes of dysentery.
Medical dictionary. 2011.