amebic dysentery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of amebic dysentery
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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It was March, and high time�an epidemic of amebic dysentery, a filth-borne disease usually transmitted from excreta to the mouth, had plagued Creedmoor's inmates for three years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chicago ordinarily has one or two cases of amebic dysentery a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
Display after display recounted the triumphs of medicine while a preventable outbreak of amebic dysentery in Chicago sickened 721 people, killed 41.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flypaper hung over the operating table, amebic dysentery was rampant, and blood for transfusions was in short supply.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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