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Word: Dysentery
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French dissenterie, or via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusenteros ‘afflicted in the bowels’, from dus- ‘bad’ + entera ‘bowels’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɪs(ə)nt(ə)ri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhoea with the presence of blood and mucus in the faeces.
Short Definition:infection of intestines resulting in severe diarrhoea
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