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Synonyms for dysentery
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dis-uh n-ter-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs ənˌtɛr i |
Top 10 synonyms for dysentery
Définition of dysentery
Origin :- late 14c., dissenterie, from Old French disentere (13c.), from Latin dysenteria, from Greek dysenteria, coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys-) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter-). Related: Dysenteric.
- As in Aztec two-step : noun looseness of the bowels
- As in : noun traveler's diarrhea
- As in diarrhea : noun loose bowels
- Diarrhœa and dysentery were already sending many of them from the Peninsula.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- Burn and Bryan left it with dysentery; Morten with a poisoned hand.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- This form is often seen in the more severe types of summer dysentery.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- Dysentery was also increasing, and wards were reserved for these cases.
- Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
- May not this disease be referred to aphtha, or to dysentery?
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
- On the 12th March, 1827, Clapperton was seized with dysentery.
- Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
- Both root and flower are astringent and are given for dysentery.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- It seems to effect a cure in dysentery in the same manner as ipecac.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- It is also of value as an injection in diarrhœa and dysentery.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- Dose: One pill every three to six hours for diarrhœa and dysentery.
- Extract from : « The Ladies Book of Useful Information » by Anonymous
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