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Synonyms for dysentery

noun looseness of the bowels

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noun. loose bowels

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Word Origin & History

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 Sentences for dysentery

Diarrhœa and dysentery were already sending many of them from the Peninsula.

Burn and Bryan left it with dysentery; Morten with a poisoned hand.

This form is often seen in the more severe types of summer dysentery.

Dysentery was also increasing, and wards were reserved for these cases.

May not this disease be referred to aphtha, or to dysentery?

On the 12th March, 1827, Clapperton was seized with dysentery.

Both root and flower are astringent and are given for dysentery.

It seems to effect a cure in dysentery in the same manner as ipecac.

It is also of value as an injection in diarrhœa and dysentery.

Dose: One pill every three to six hours for diarrhœa and dysentery.

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