dysentery
pronunciation
How to pronounce dysentery in British English:
UK [ˈdɪsəntri]
How to pronounce dysentery in American English:
US [ˈdɪsənteri]
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- Noun:
- an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
Word Origin
- dysentery (n.)
- late 14c., dissenterie, from Old French disentere (13c.), from Latin dysenteria, from Greek dysenteria, coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter-). Related: Dysenteric.
Example
- 1. We 're thirsty . I just hope I don 't get dysentery .
- 2. He made the same journey weeks later in the back of a truck , sick with dysentery .
- 3. It 's responsible for everything from dysentery to deadly outbreaks of food poisoning .
- 4. Disillusionment with mr karzai 's government , which includes alleged drug-traffickers and war criminals , is spreading like dysentery in a kabul slum .
- 5. The chinese claim thatpu-erhalso can lower blood alcohol after drinking , prevent dysentery , and stimulate secretions from the spleen and other organs .