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<gastroenterology, microbiology> A form of infectious gastroenteritis (intestinal infection) that results in frequent watery stools, cramping abdominal pain and eventual collapse (from dehydration).
Epidemic infections are seasonal in most third world countries, particularly Africa.
(15 Jan 1998)
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