dysenteries
- plural of dysentery.
Example Sentences
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"They've got tuberculosis, Salmonella, all the dysenteries," says Rodger Farr, a psychiatrist who ministers to the homeless of Los Angeles.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no safe way for it to take but that; and even that when urged too far may bring on fatal dysenteries.
From Hypochondriasis A Practical Treatise (1766) by Hill, John
Water taken from stagnant pools, charged with putrid vegetable matter and animalculæ, would be very likely to generate fevers and dysenteries if taken into the stomach without purification.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Marcy, Randolph Barnes
Putrid Water should always be purified by boiling it together with charcoal or charred sticks, as low fevers and dysenteries too often are the consequences of drinking it.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
The moon causes palsy, cholic, dropsy, imposthumes, dysenteries, and all diseases arising from obstructed circulation.
From Thaumaturgia by Oxonian, An
