obsolete amebic dysentery true DOID:0050228 An amebiasis that involves infection of the intestine with Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites, which adhere to and kill colonic epithelial cells causing diarrhea with blood and mucus. The symptoms inlcude abdominal pain and fever. Entamoeba histolytica dysentery amebic dysentery amoebic dysentery disease_ontology