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a serious disease that causes very frequent evacuation of fluid stools and a loss of blood
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The second type, Bacillary dysentery, is caused by a bacterial infection and is the most common type of dysentery.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Beer was the liquid gold of the seventeenth century—a drink that could be stored in barrels and that quenched thirst without the dangers of dysentery that lurked within many water supplies.
—Susan Cheever, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
Dorrigo’s involvement with the book launch stirs up vivid memories of his time in the Thai jungle, lobbying in vain with the Japanese command to improve conditions for the men, many of them suffering from dysentery, malnutrition and malaria.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Beer was the liquid gold of the seventeenth century—a drink that could be stored in barrels and that quenched thirst without the dangers of dysentery that lurked within many water supplies.
—Susan Cheever, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
Dorrigo’s involvement with the book launch stirs up vivid memories of his time in the Thai jungle, lobbying in vain with the Japanese command to improve conditions for the men, many of them suffering from dysentery, malnutrition and malaria.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2025
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dysentery
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“Dysentery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dysentery. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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