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单词 lientery
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Definition of lientery in English:

lientery

noun ˈlʌɪənt(ə)ri
mass nounarchaic
  • A form of diarrhoea.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I attended, some time ago, a lady suffering from lientery, for whom I ineffectually prescribed a low dilution of China.
    • There were many cases of lientery and of dysentery; but these were not attended with much pain.
    • My own view of the case is that the lientery was due to the presence of the tumor in the neighbourhood of the stomach.
    • We have heard of a severe lientery being brought on by eating a little ice-cream, at a time when a considerable degree of indigestion already prevailed.
    • Enteritis and colitis may result from lientery.
    Synonyms
    loose motions, looseness of the bowels

Origin

Late Middle English: via French lientérie or Latin lienteria from Greek leienteria, from leios 'smooth' + entera 'bowels': see -ery.

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