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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
My father died under the Khmer Rouge, succumbing to dysentery and malnutrition after being forced to work in a labor camp.
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Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The plant can be helpful in the treatment of rheumatism, dysentery, stomach ulcers, and nausea, with the leaves having a positive influence on respiration and a capacity to cleanse the blood of toxic metabolites, notably uric acid.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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
Her father, James V, who likely died of cholera or dysentery after suffering a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss in November 1542, left behind his newborn daughter as his only legitimate heir.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
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Sophal Ear, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
The plant can be helpful in the treatment of rheumatism, dysentery, stomach ulcers, and nausea, with the leaves having a positive influence on respiration and a capacity to cleanse the blood of toxic metabolites, notably uric acid.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
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
Her father, James V, who likely died of cholera or dysentery after suffering a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss in November 1542, left behind his newborn daughter as his only legitimate heir.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dysentery
Noun
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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in the U.S., approximately half a million people per year become infected with shigellosis.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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It is often used when a person has vomiting or diarrhea and cannot tolerate most food.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
21 June 2025
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Common complications are ear infections and diarrhea.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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“Dysentery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysentery. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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