dysentery

  • 11dysentery — n. an infection of the intestinal tract causing severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus. Amoebic dysentery (amoebiasis) is caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica and results in ulceration of the intestines and occasionally in the formation… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 12dysentery —   Hī, kulu.    ♦ Bloody dysentery, hī koko.    ♦ A disease with characteristics of dysentery, ōku u, ōku u lepo hehe e.    ♦ Weak from dysentery, ōhemo …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 13dysentery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amoebic … OF DYSENTERY ▪ attack ▪ outbreak …

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  • 14dysentery — Gastric fever, or some other violent stomach disorder. Jehoram king of Judah died in agony from chronic dysentery (2 Chron. 21:18). Publius father suffered from the disease, common in Malta, and was healed by Paul (Acts 28:8) …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 15dysentery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flux; diarrhea; cramps; the grips, trots, or runs (sl.). See disease, excretion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. diarrhea, looseness, diarrheal infection, amebic dysentery, shigellosis, giardiasis, flux,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16dysentery — [[t]dɪ̱s(ə)ntri, AM teri[/t]] N UNCOUNT Dysentery is an infection in a person s intestines that causes them to pass a lot of waste, in which blood and mucus are mixed with the person s faeces …

    English dictionary

  • 17Dysentery, amebic — Dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba histolytica). This single celled parasite is transmitted to humans via contaminated water and food. Amebic dysentery can be accompanied… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 18dysentery bacilli — a group that causes bacillary dysentery; see Shigella …

    Medical dictionary

  • 19dysentery-bark — melsvasis simarubis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Simarubinių šeimos vaistinis, aliejinis, maistinis, medieninis augalas (Simarouba glauca), paplitęs Šiaurės ir Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Simarouba glauca angl. bitterwood;… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 20dysentery — noun (plural teries) Etymology: Middle English dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Greek, from dys + enteron intestine more at inter Date: 14th century 1. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually …

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