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dysentery
noun as in Aztec two-step
noun as in diarrhea
Strong match
Weak matches
noun as in Montezuma's revenge
Example Sentences
Another person, referencing the “Oregon Trail” video game, joked: “All three died from dysentery.”
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
By World War II, even as scientists were manufacturing gallons of phages to combat cholera, dysentery, and gangrene in Stalingrad and Leningrad, much the West had given up on phages.
Jones plays Isaac Higgintoot, a member of the American Continental Congress who — appropriately, given his last name — died of dysentery while serving as a captain in the Revolutionary War.
Aid agencies say doctors in Gaza are also struggling to treat a huge caseload of dysentery, pneumonia, and severe skin diseases because of the collapse of the health sector.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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