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amebic dysentery

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. a type of dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, characterized especially by ulceration of the large intestine.


Etymology

Origin of amebic dysentery

First recorded in 1890–95

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Uneasiness about amebic dysentery last week continued to harass Chicago Exposition visitors as Winnipeg reported the appearance of a case and New York City the appearance of eight cases, four of them traceable to Chicago.�ED.

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Eight days later she was dead of amebic dysentery.

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He says the malady was an abscess of the liver complicated by amebic dysentery contracted on the island�approximately the sense of your article.

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By adroit soft-pedaling Dr. Bundesen weathered the scandal surrounding Chicago's amebic dysentery epidemic during the 1933 Century of Progress.

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Emetin, the active principle of ipecac, which has been successfully used in amebic dysentery, is now employed in the treatment of this trouble.

From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Fisher, Irving