dysentery
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Origin of dysentery
1Other words from dysentery
- dys·en·ter·ic, adjective
- post·dys·en·ter·ic, adjective
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How to use dysentery in a sentence
The player is tasked with making important decisions along the way, including choosing the best path, when to hunt and how to avoid illnesses such as dysentery.
From ‘Oregon Trail’ to ‘Uncharted,’ video games make history fun | Julio Capó Jr. | August 5, 2022 | Washington PostI could do everything right—become a banker, shoot all my food, keep my family warm—and still, LucyKat932 would die from dysentery.
‘The Oregon Trail’ Isn’t Just a Game. It’s an American Legacy. | klindsey | December 9, 2021 | Outside OnlineLice, which spread typhus, were endemic, but perhaps the most infamous and preventable infections and diseases of the time were dysentery and typhoid fever.
As U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top the Civil War’s Toll, We're Repeating Disease History | Rachel Lance | August 14, 2021 | TimeFewer officers died of dysentery because they were in less crowded encampments, had access to cleaner water and, at least according to their own accounts, had better hygiene.
As U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top the Civil War’s Toll, We're Repeating Disease History | Rachel Lance | August 14, 2021 | TimeIn the 18th century, German immigrants coming to Pennsylvania boarded ships plagued with typhus, dysentery, smallpox, and scurvy.
I got drunk, sunstroke, and dysentery,” laughs Robert, “but I also got the girl.
She ended up in prison on the island of Saipan where she either was executed or died of dysentery.
8 Crazy Conspiracy Theories About Aviator Amelia Earhart’s Demise | Jake Heller | March 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAt last, 17 days after he left his summer palace, His Holiness, seriously ill with dysentery, crossed the Indian border.
But he had gone away, on account of the deaths which had occurred there from some form of dysentery.
Stools composed almost wholly of mucus and streaked with blood are the rule in dysentery, ileocolitis, and intussusception.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIts internal uses are in hysteria, and 136 in such conditions as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera.
Before that they were all crammed into the six cells, and locked in for the night, some of them with dysentery.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe most common complaint is a dysentery, towards the latter end of the autumn.
British Dictionary definitions for dysentery
/ (ˈdɪsəntrɪ) /
infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood
Origin of dysentery
1Derived forms of dysentery
- dysenteric (ˌdɪsənˈtɛrɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for dysentery
[ dĭs′ən-tĕr′ē ]
A gastrointestinal disease characterized by severe, often bloody diarrhea, usually caused by infection with bacteria or parasites.
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Cultural definitions for dysentery
[ (dis-uhn-ter-ee) ]
A painful disease of the intestines characterized by inflammation and diarrhea. Dysentery may be caused by bacteria or viruses, or may occur as the result of infestation by an amoeba.
Notes for dysentery
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