Meaning of dysentery in English

dysentery

/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.

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Examples from literature

At the time of this engagement Sir James Brooke was lying ill with dysentery.
Dysentery now attacked the crew, and the boatswain's mate died.
Dysentery was raging in their ranks, and many could scarce drag themselves along.
Scurvy, diarrhea, dysentery, and hospital gangrene were the prevailing diseases.
Two of the men were now invalids, one with scurvy, the other with dysentery.

(Definition of dysentery from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

dysentery | American Dictionary

dysentery

noun [ U ]

/ˈdɪs·ənˌter·i/

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an infectious disease of the bowels that causes the contents to be excreted more often and in a more liquid form than usual

(Definition of dysentery from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of dysentery

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Shigella species are important pathogens responsible for diarrhoeal diseases and dysentery occurring all over the world.

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Similar problems concerning monovalent or polyvalent sera had also arisen for dysentery sera.

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Medical costs for dysentery patients are much lower.

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Many diseases have broken out in these camps such as : dysentery, typhoid, tuberculosis, scabies, scurvy, beri-beri and others.

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On average a dysentery patient will see a doctor twice and recover.

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Dysentery refers to diarrhoea with blood and mucus and implies severe colonic infection.

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Although children <5 years of age make up only 8 % of the total population, they accounted for 43 % of bacillary dysentery cases.

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Deaths were usually attributed to malaria, debility, anaemia, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, cholera and dysentery.

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In contrast, the reported incidence of bacillary dysentery decreased more than sixfold from 1.3 to 0.2/10 000 persons.

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Considering where the camp was situated, it was no surprise that disease was rife, particularly malaria and dysentery.

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Deaths from dysentery and diarrhoea also contributed to high mortality rates as did deaths from beri-beri.

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Several developed dysentery and some actually died in the streets.

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The water for these wells came from superficial infiltrations from the main canal, resulting in widespread dysentery and enteritis.

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A dysentery patient requires one week for recovery.

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These serotype data raise concern for vaccine development strategies aimed at preventing bacillary dysentery.

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