dysentery in Spanish - Cambridge Dictionary

Translation of dysentery – English–Spanish dictionary

dysentery

noun [ U ]
uk
/ˈdɪs.ən.tər.i/
us
/ˈdɪs.ən.ter.i/
a disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be passed out of the body much more often and in a more liquid form than usual. It is caused by an infection that is spread by dirty water or food.

(Translation of dysentery from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of dysentery | PASSWORD English–Spanish Dictionary

dysentery
noun
/ˈdisəntri/
medical
an infectious disease with severe diarrhoea/diarrhea
disentería
He contracted a severe case of dysentery.

(Translation of dysentery from the PASSWORD English–Spanish Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of dysentery

dysentery
We abstracted the number of cases and deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery from the 1991-1999 annual reports.
In contrast, the reported incidence of bacillary dysentery decreased more than sixfold from 1.3 to 0.2/10 000 persons.
On average a dysentery patient will see a doctor twice and recover.
The water for these wells came from superficial infiltrations from the main canal, resulting in widespread dysentery and enteritis.
A dysentery patient requires one week for recovery.
Based on the routine surveillance system, the annual incidence of bacillary dysentery decreased from 1.3 to 0.2/10 000 persons per year.
Several developed dysentery and some actually died in the streets.
Medical costs for dysentery patients are much lower.
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Examples of dysentery

dysentery
These serotype data raise concern for vaccine development strategies aimed at preventing bacillary dysentery.
Several developed dysentery and some actually died in the streets.
The water for these wells came from superficial infiltrations from the main canal, resulting in widespread dysentery and enteritis.
Based on the routine surveillance system, the annual incidence of bacillary dysentery decreased from 1.3 to 0.2/10 000 persons per year.
In contrast, the reported incidence of bacillary dysentery decreased more than sixfold from 1.3 to 0.2/10 000 persons.
Similar problems concerning monovalent or polyvalent sera had also arisen for dysentery sera.
A dysentery patient requires one week for recovery.
Deaths were usually attributed to malaria, debility, anaemia, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, cholera and dysentery.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Translations of dysentery

in Chinese (Traditional)
痢疾…
in Chinese (Simplified)
痢疾…
in Portuguese
disenteria…
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in Turkish
in French
in Dutch
in Czech
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dizanteri, kanlı ishal, kanlı basur…
dysenterie…
dysenterie…
úplavice…
dysenteri…
disentri…
โรคบิด…
bệnh lỵ…
czerwonka, biegunka…
cirit-birit…
der Durchfall (Dysenterie)…
dysenteri…
дизентерія…
дизентерия…
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