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Definition: Amoebic Dysentery |
Amoebic DysenteryNoun1. 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. |
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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) |
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Synonym: Amoebic DysenterySynonym: amebic dysentery (n). (additional references) |
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | |
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| 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. |
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amoebic dysentery | 8 |
amoebic dysentery jungle ulcer | 2 |
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| 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 disenteria amebiana. (various references) disentería amebiana. (various references) amibik dizanteri. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6F 65 62 69 63      44 79 73 65 6E 74 65 72 79 |
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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)A m o e b i c   D y s e n t e r y |
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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