赤痢

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 赤痢 is read せきり and is the disease name dysentery.
• Basic usage: It is used when describing records of past outbreaks or exhibits about historical health education.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 流行 in context
  • 流行(りゅうこう) can refer to a trend, but with a disease it refers to the illness spreading widely. 流行した赤痢 concerns an outbreak of dysentery.