dysentery

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How to pronounce dysentery in British English: 英 [ˈdɪsəntri]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

单词词源

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.

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双语例句

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 .

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