Dysentery Definition

dĭsən-tĕrē
noun
Any of various intestinal inflammations characterized by abdominal pain and frequent and intense diarrhea with bloody, mucous feces.
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Origin of Dysentery

  • Middle English dissenterie from Old French from Latin dysenteria from Greek dusenteriā dus- dys- enteron intestine en in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusenteria), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (entera, “bowels”).

    From Wiktionary

Dysentery Sentence Examples

  • Fever, dysentery and ophthalmia, chiefly due to exposure to heavy dews and cold nights, are prevalent.

  • He died five days afterwards, either of dysentery or by violence.

  • His old enemy dysentery soon found him out.

  • Milder cases of malarial fever are apt to become dangerous from the complications of dysentery, bronchitis or pneumonia.

  • The dysentery poison appears to exert its effects upon the glandular structures of the large intestine, particularly in its lower part.

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