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amebic dysentery

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.


Etymology

Origin of amebic dysentery

First recorded in 1890–95

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Display after display recounted the triumphs of medicine while a preventable outbreak of amebic dysentery in Chicago sickened 721 people, killed 41.

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Chicago ordinarily has one or two cases of amebic dysentery a month.

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Last week became known the names of four lumber company executives who died of amebic dysentery following a trade convention in Chicago last June: President Wells Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co.,

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In the last six years, amebic dysentery, No. 2 cause of tropical sickness, has dropped from 27% to 5% among Standard employes.

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Emetin, the active principle of ipecac, which has been successfully used in amebic dysentery, is now employed in the treatment of this trouble.

From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving

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