dysentery
/ˈdɪsəntri/noun
उच्चारण डिसन्ट्री
पेचिश, आँव
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an infection of the bowels that causes severe diarrhoea with loss of blood
पेचिश, आँव
- Dysentery spreads through dirty water.
- After the community lunch, three pilgrims were taken to hospital with dysentery.
- Boiling the drinking water helped the village avoid dysentery during the floods.
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- The doctor warned that dysentery can cause dangerous loss of body fluids.
- Several soldiers in the camp fell ill with dysentery after the monsoon.
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dys·en·ter·y
§Grammar and usage
Keep the dys- (bad, difficult) words: dysentery, dyslexia (difficulty in reading), dysfunction (not working normally), dystopia (an imagined bad society), dyspepsia (indigestion).
Dys- (बुरा, कठिन) शब्द याद रखिए: dysentery, dyslexia (पढ़ने में कठिनाई), dysfunction (सामान्य रूप से काम न करना), dystopia (काल्पनिक बुरा समाज), dyspepsia (अपच)।
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General knowledge
Medical GK: amoebic dysentery is caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; bacillary dysentery by Shigella bacteria; both spread through contaminated food and water.
चिकित्सा GK में अमीबिक पेचिश प्रोटोज़ोआ Entamoeba histolytica से होती है; बैसिलरी पेचिश Shigella बैक्टीरिया से; दोनों दूषित भोजन और पानी से फैलती हैं।