English-Thai Dictionary
dysentery
N โรค บิด rok-bid
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DYSENTERY
n.[L. dysenteria; Gr. bad; intestines. ] A flux in which the stools consist chiefly of blood and mucus or other morbid matter, accompanied with griping of the bowels, and followed by tenesmus.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DYSENTERY
Dys "en *ter *y, n. Etym: [L. dysenteria, Gr. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In. ] (Med. )
Defn: A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood.
Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dysentery
dys en ter y |ˈdisənˌterē ˈdɪsnˌtɛri | ▶noun infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhea with the presence of blood and mucus in the feces. [bacterial dysentery is caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella and can also spread by contact (see amebic dysentery, shigella ). ] DERIVATIVES dys en ter ic |ˌdisənˈterik |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French dissenterie, or via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusenteros ‘afflicted in the bowels, ’ from dus- ‘bad ’ + entera ‘bowels. ’
Oxford Dictionary
dysentery
dysentery |ˈdɪs (ə )nt (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] infection of the intestines resulting in severe diarrhoea with the presence of blood and mucus in the faeces. ●Amoebic dysentery is caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, mainly in warm climates, and spread by contaminated water and food; bacterial dysentery is caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella and can also spread by contact (see shigella ). DERIVATIVES dysenteric |-ˈtɛrɪk |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French dissenterie, or via Latin from Greek dusenteria, from dusenteros ‘afflicted in the bowels ’, from dus- ‘bad ’ + entera ‘bowels ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
dysentery
dys en ter y /dɪ́s (ə )ntèri |-t (ə )ri /名詞 U 〘医 〙赤痢 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary