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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
In a similar vein, authors of early modern herbals such as John Gerard(e) instructed their readers to use different parts of the plant—its juice, flowers, rind, and seeds—to address stomach concerns, dysentery, dental health, wounds and bleeding, and menstrual health.
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Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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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
Noun
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The illness can cause diarrhea and vomiting, especially in young children.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The most common side effects come from the caffeine naturally found in coffee beans, such as anxiety, jitters and digestive issues like diarrhea or constipation.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Dysentery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysentery. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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