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a serious disease that causes very frequent evacuation of fluid stools and a loss of blood
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Recent Examples of dysentery
From Near Tragedy to Nuptials Nick Cilberti was treated in a local hospital, as the soldiers became infected with dysentery and other diseases contracted in the hot, humid region, and was discharged a few months later.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Alameda County denied essential services like sewage or electricity, even going so far as to reject a 1949 petition to connect Russell City to Hayward’s water service following a dysentery outbreak earlier that summer.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Dellinger arrived in Rome among the favorites for a medal in the Olympic 5,000 only to come down with dysentery, his weight dropping to 128 from 140 in a week.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
Pathogenic microbes in the water can cause cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, polio, and typhoid, which could be fatal in areas without access to vaccines or medical treatment.
—Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 26 July 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Alameda County denied essential services like sewage or electricity, even going so far as to reject a 1949 petition to connect Russell City to Hayward’s water service following a dysentery outbreak earlier that summer.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Dellinger arrived in Rome among the favorites for a medal in the Olympic 5,000 only to come down with dysentery, his weight dropping to 128 from 140 in a week.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
Pathogenic microbes in the water can cause cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, polio, and typhoid, which could be fatal in areas without access to vaccines or medical treatment.
—Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dysentery
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Housing is a major factor in the spread, say Portland health officials The dysentery infection currently spreading most prominently among Multnomah County is shigellosis, the most common form of dysentery infection caused by the shigella bacteria.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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Two years ago, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control began tracking a sharp rise in cases of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) shigellosis — infections by particular strains of Shigella bacteria that are impervious to most antibiotics.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Dec. 2024
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Unused to the diet, heat and poor hygiene, Ramírez fell ill, though neither diarrhea nor stomach cramps prevented him from complaining vociferously about his accommodation, arguing with his instructors about tactics and questioning his hosts’ more grandiose claims of military prowess.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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Without proper hydration, fibermaxxing can cause constipation, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating and gas, Syn said.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Dysentery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysentery. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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