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dysentery

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɪs.ənˌtɛɹ.i/Part of speech nounSorted deenrstyyStarts with DEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An intestinal infection causing severe diarrhea, often with blood.

Word origin

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) + ἔντερα (éntera, “bowels”).

Used in a sentence

  • We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.

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