Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of use against dysentery.
- noun A remedy for dysentery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Good against dysentery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Working against
dysentery . - noun A
medicine fordysentery .
Etymologies
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anti- + dysenteric
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Examples
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The dried and powdered pulp is given in dose of 2.50 grams as an emetic and 1-2 grams as an antidysenteric.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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