dysentery

Example Sentences

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It’s more like The Oregon Trail for podcasting, but with less dysentery.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2026

“It contributes to ill health, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, water-related diseases, and it contributes to conflicts over water.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

Cockroaches carry a wide range of diseases and pathogens including bubonic plague, dysentery, hepatitis, hookworms, leprosy, salmonella and polio.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2024

He suffered dysentery, beriberi, ulcerated skin and repeated bouts of malaria.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

At least the people out here don't have dysentery, I think—but if “not having dysentery” is where the bar is set, that’s pretty low.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman