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dysentery

[dis-uhn-ter-ee] / ˈdɪs ənˌtɛr i /


NOUN
diarrhea
Synonyms


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“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

He died in 1941 of dysentery when British forces briefly fought there during World War Two.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

You and/or your ancestors didn’t die of dysentery.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2024

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.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

Then there was dysentery, the specter of which was raised with every loose stool.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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