dysentery
noun
dys·en·tery
ˈdi-sᵊn-ˌter-ē 
-ˌte-rē
plural dysenteries
1
: a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
2
: diarrhea
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One major contributing factor to the rise of dysentery is the lack of public restrooms in Portland.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Cases of dysentery are surging in Oregon, with 40 people sickened by the disease in the Portland area in January alone.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The second type, Bacillary dysentery, is caused by a bacterial infection and is the most common type of dysentery.
—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
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
Cases of dysentery are surging in Oregon, with 40 people sickened by the disease in the Portland area in January alone.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The second type, Bacillary dysentery, is caused by a bacterial infection and is the most common type of dysentery.
—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
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“Dysentery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dysentery. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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dysentery
noun
dys·en·tery
ˈdis-ən-ˌter-ē
1
: a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood from the bowels
2
: diarrhea
Medical Definition
dysentery
noun
dys·en·tery
ˈdis-ᵊn-ˌter-ē
plural dysenteries
1
: a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection
2
: diarrhea
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