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Amoebic Dysentery

Definition: Amoebic Dysentery

Amoebic Dysentery

Noun

1. Inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Amoebic Dysentery

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

A disease, primarily of humans but also occasionally of other primates, caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica which invades the gut wall causing ulceration and dysentery. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Amoebic Dysentery

Synonym: amebic dysentery (n). (additional references)

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Use in Literature: Amoebic Dysentery

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Amoebic Dysentery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  amoebic dysentery

8

  amoebic dysentery jungle ulcer

2
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Modern Translations: Amoebic Dysentery

Language Translations for "amoebic dysentery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

amoebedysenteri (amoebic enteritis). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

amoebendysenterie (amoebic colitis). (various references)

   

French

  

dysenterie amibienne. (various references)

   

German

  

Amoebenruhr. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αμοιβαδική δυσεντερία. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

amőbás dysenteria, trópusi vérhas. (various references)

   

Italian

  

dissenteria amebica. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アメーバ赤痢 (AMeDAS, amenity, American, American casual, American coffee, American football, American Indian, American League, American plan, American rugby, American sign language, Americanism, Americanize, America's Cup race, Ameslan, amethyst, Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System, crawfish, dogwood, puma, redwood). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アメーバせきり. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amoebicay ysenteryday

   

Portuguese

  

disenteria amebiana. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

disentería amebiana. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

amibik dizanteri. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Amoebic Dysentery

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-e-e-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-y-y"

-5 letters: baronetcies, benedictory, considerate, desecration, determinacy, embryonated, nematocides, remoistened, sedimentary.

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Alternative Orthography: Amoebic Dysentery


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6D 6F 65 62 69 63      44 79 73 65 6E 74 65 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101101 01101111 01100101 01100010 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000100 01111001 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#109 &#111 &#101 &#98 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#68 &#121 &#115 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006D 006F 0065 0062 0069 0063      0044 0079 0073 0065 006E 0074 0065 0072 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

357981716875692389185718086718491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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