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Meaning of "dysentery" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DYSENTERY

Via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusentera, literally: bad bowels, from dys- + enteron intestine.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DYSENTERY

dysentery  [ˈdɪsəntrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DYSENTERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dysentery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DYSENTERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dysentery

Dysentery is diarrhea which contains blood. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and rectal tenesmus. It is caused by any kind of infection. It is a type of gastroenteritis. The mechanism is an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon.

Definition of dysentery in the English dictionary

The definition of dysentery in the dictionary is infection of the intestine with bacteria or amoebae, marked chiefly by severe diarrhoea with the passage of mucus and blood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DYSENTERY


agentry
ˈeɪdʒəntrɪ
ancientry
ˈeɪnʃəntrɪ
Coventry
ˈkɒvəntrɪ
Daventry
ˈdævəntrɪ
errantry
ˈɛrəntrɪ
gallantry
ˈɡæləntrɪ
giantry
ˈdʒaɪəntrɪ
infantry
ˈɪnfəntrɪ
lieutenantry
lɛfˈtɛnəntrɪ
merchantry
ˈmɜːtʃəntrɪ
pageantry
ˈpædʒəntrɪ
peasantry
ˈpɛzəntrɪ
pedantry
ˈpɛdəntrɪ
pheasantry
ˈfezəntrɪ
pleasantry
ˈplɛzəntrɪ
serjeantry
ˈsɑːdʒəntrɪ
studentry
ˈstuːdəntrɪ
tenantry
ˈtɛnəntrɪ
truantry
ˈtruːəntrɪ
unpleasantry
ʌnˈplɛzəntrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DYSENTERY

dysaesthetic
dysarthria
dysbindin
dyscalculia
dyschroa
dyscrasia
dyscrasic
dyscrasite
dyscratic
dysenteric
dysfunction
dysfunctional
dysgenesis
dysgenic
dysgenics
dysgraphia
dysgraphic
dysharmonic
dyskinesia
dyskinetic

WORDS THAT END LIKE DYSENTERY

adultery
amoebic dysentery
artery
battery
cemetery
eatery
effrontery
lientery
lottery
mastery
mesentery
monastery
mystery
pottery
printery
sintery
splintery
upholstery
vauntery
wintery

Synonyms and antonyms of dysentery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dysentery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DYSENTERY

Find out the translation of dysentery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dysentery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dysentery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

痢疾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disentería
570 millions of speakers

English

dysentery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पेचिश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزحار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дизентерия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disenteria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dysenterie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Disentri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ruhr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

赤痢
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dysentery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chứng bịnh kiết lỵ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வயிற்றுக்கடுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आमांश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dizanteri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissenteria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czerwonka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дизентерія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dizenterie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυσεντερία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

disenterie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dysenteri
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dysenteri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dysentery

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DYSENTERY»

The term «dysentery» is regularly used and occupies the 64.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DYSENTERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dysentery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dysentery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dysentery

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3 QUOTES WITH «DYSENTERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dysentery.
1
Erich Maria Remarque
Anyway the war is over so far as they are concerned. But to wait for dysentery is not much of a life either.
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Pamela Stephenson
Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
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Conan Stevens
I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DYSENTERY»

Discover the use of dysentery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dysentery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Observations on the acute dysentery: with the design of ...
with the design of illustrating its causes and treatment John Rollo. the shore, and during the time I attended it, though very much crowded, I did not see one case of disease, produced from any disease subsisting in the ship *. OBSER, was ...
John Rollo, 1786
2
Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition
Dampness combines with heat in dysentery and there is burning liquid diarrhea, usually containing blood. The tongue is red with a yellow coating. For prevention, eat small meals when traveling — overeating makes the digestive system ripe ...
Paul Pitchford, 2002
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Survival in the land of dysentery: the World War II ...
In this new book, Survival in the Land of Dysentery: The World War II Experiences of a Red Cross Worker in India, Baroness Katharine Harris van Hogendorp tells of serving with the American Red Cross in World War II. Posted to a jungle base ...
Katharine Harris van Hogendorp, 1998
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Acholic Diseases; comprising jaundice, diarrhœa, dysentery ...
Annesley, in his own experience, met with abscess as such a constant attendant on dysentery, that he arrived at the conclusion that the former was the immediate cause of the latter; that, in fact, “ abscess was dysentery in disguise.” I would ...
Alexander Charles MACLEOD, 1866
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On the use of creasote in scorbutic camp dysentery
I shall offer no apology for making use of a term not strictly applicable to the locality of the complaint I am about to describe, because our profession will at once understand that by " camp dysentery" I mean the epidemic form of the disease ...
John Bramston Wilmot, 1855
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Practical observations on fever, dysentery, and liver ...
45 DYSENTERY. This disease, as it occurs in India, differs materially from the definition of our celebrated English Nosologist. Instead of the " pyrexia contagiosa" which that definition leads us to expect, and which is the first characteristic ...
George Ballingall, 1823
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Observations on diarrhoea and dysentery, particularly as the ...
In dysentery, the whole alimentary canal is affected. Nausea in the stomach, uneasy feelings in the small intestines, pain and te.! nesmus febrile on some occasions, and not on others. Many beCome febrile by the severity of local pain, or a ...
Henry Dewar, 1803
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Observations on the Disease Called the Plague, on the ...
Several persons stopt the dysenteric flux by giving sm-all draughts of decoction of the peel of pomegranate, three times a day, or still oftener. In Upper Egypt they make use of quinces seasoned with pepper, to stop the diarrhoea and dysentery.
Paolo Assalini, George Pinckard, 1806
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No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery and Desertion: A ...
A Composite Diary of the Last 16 Months of the Confederacy from 1864 To 1865 Jeff Toalson. No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion No Soap, No Pay, Diarrhea, Dysentery & Desertion A Composite 0595388477b_V2.pdf.
Jeff Toalson, 2006
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Tropical Health: A Report on a Study of Needs and Resources
BACILLARY DYSENTERY Distribution For several reasons it is difficult to establish the detailed distribution of bacillary dysentery in the survey areas. Besides the usual under-reporting and lack of reporting, bacillary dysentery is often included ...
‎1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DYSENTERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dysentery is used in the context of the following news items.
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He Fled Sudan And Made A New Life In The U.S. So Why Go Back?
He had dysentery, diarrhea, vomiting." And then there was this scene in his village. "I managed to come back, on the following days, the bodies ... «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Boko Haram offers to swap kidnapped girls for detainees
At least three were reported to have died – one from dysentery, one from malaria and one from a snake bite. Last year, Shekau said the girls ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
3
Zingabai Takli residents get sewage in water supply | Nagpur …
NAGPUR: It has been almost a week that Anita Kawde`s ten-month-old son is suffering from severe dysentery and is unable to digest milk or ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
4
KRAUS: The long, long road to marriage equality
... far cry from the disastrous effects of predation and influenza and dysentery of prior ages. A complex society has evolved to overproduce food, ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
5
Magna Carta: historic or forgettable?
More than a year later, John died from dysentery, and a revised version of Magna Carta was issued in the name of his son, King Henry III ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
6
House flies hatch early this summer, bug people eating outdoors
... they're known to carry more than 100 human pathogens, including the bacterias that cause typhoid, cholera, salmonella and dysentery. «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
7
Zoomlion undertakes mass spraying exercise in Upper West
... been an invasion of houseflies known to be carriers of bacteria and viruses that cause diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery. «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
8
$275m pledged for South Sudan
Without clean drinking water and safe, hygienic latrines malnutrition will be aggravated and lives will be lost to diseases like dysentery and ... «StarAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
Protect your herd for healthier profits
I t was an outbreak of swine dysentery that provided the catalyst for one prominent Yorkshire producer to implement much stricter biosecurity ... «Pig World, Jul 15»
10
US again says no plans to aid N. Korea during drought
... citing scarcity of drinking water and deteriorating water quality leading to an influx of water-borne diseases such as dysentery, has requested ... «NK News, Jul 15»

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