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dysenteries

dysenteries is the plural of dysentery.

Meaning of dysentery

Noun

dysentery (countable and uncountable, plural dysenteries)

  1. A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
    • We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dysentery.1959, “In Old Mexico”, Tom Lehrer (music)
  2. diarrhea.

Questions about dysenteries

What is dysenteries the plural of?
Dysenteries is the plural of dysentery.

Words near dysenteries in the dictionary

  1. dysendocrinisms
  2. dysenterial
  3. dysenteric
  4. dysenterical
  5. dysenterics
  6. dysenteries
  7. dysentery
  8. dysequilibria
  9. dysequilibrium
  10. dysergia
  11. dysergic

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