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DYSENTERY

a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection

The meaning of the word dysentery is a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection.

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abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
palatethe roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate
negateto deny the existence or truth of
sublimatesublime
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
disdaina feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn
terminuseither end of a transportation line or travel route
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evanescenttending to vanish like vapor