英语词汇“dysentery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Dysentery is a nasty sounding word for a nasty condition: an intestinal infection that results in diarrhea.

There are few things as unpleasant as dysentery, an infectious condition, kind of like the flu, that includes severe diarrhea. Dysentery is common in countries and places with poor health conditions and sewage problems. If the drinking water is filthy, that's a great way to spread dysentery. This word sounds kind of dirty, and that's a good hint to its meaning: the horrible illness of dysentery spreads in dirty, unsafe living conditions.

WORD FAMILY

dysentery: dysenteries

USAGE EXAMPLES

He died two years later, of dysentery, while trying to find the source of the Niger River.

The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016)

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

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007)

Artiaga remembers one night when Evans had a particularly crippling bout of dysentery.

The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016)

n an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

Hypo|Hyper

amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery

inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea

bacillary dysentery, shigellosis

an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains

infectious disease

a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

单词	dysentery
释义	dysentery (once / 4776 pages) n Dysentery is a nasty sounding word for a nasty condition: an intestinal infection that results in diarrhea. There are few things as unpleasant as dysentery, an infectious condition, kind of like the flu, that includes severe diarrhea. Dysentery is common in countries and places with poor health conditions and sewage problems. If the drinking water is filthy, that's a great way to spread dysentery. This word sounds kind of dirty, and that's a good hint to its meaning: the horrible illness of dysentery spreads in dirty, unsafe living conditions. WORD FAMILY dysentery: dysenteries USAGE EXAMPLES He died two years later, of dysentery, while trying to find the source of the Niger River. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) Then there was dysentery, the specter of which was raised with every loose stool. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Artiaga remembers one night when Evans had a particularly crippling bout of dysentery. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) n an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea Hypo\|Hyper amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea bacillary dysentery, shigellosis an acute infection of the intestine by shigella bacteria; characterized by diarrhea and fever and abdominal pains infectious disease a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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