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bacillary dysentery

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noun Pathology.
shigellosis.
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Origin of bacillary dysentery

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby bacillary dysentery

Bach, Johann Sebastian, Bach trumpet, bacill-, bacillaemia, bacillary, bacillary dysentery, bacillemia, bacilli, bacilluria, bacillus, bacillus Calmette-Guérin
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How to use bacillary dysentery in a sentence

  • Through the summer and autumn many cases of diarrhÅ“a and of both amÅ“bic and bacillary dysentery made their appearance.

    The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt|James W. Barrett

  • It was mainly what is called bacillary dysentery, for which Epsom salts is one of the best remedies.

    In Mesopotamia|Martin Swayne
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