Quick Definition
δυσεντερία, ας, ἡ n.f. dysentery
Strong's Definition
from 1418 and a comparative of 1787 (meaning a bowel); a "dysentery"
KJV Usage: bloody flux
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | δῦσ- + ἔντερον
23.160 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness
dysentery an infectious disease of the intestinal tract, usually involving severe pain and diarrhea In some languages one may speak of dysentery as ‘a watery discharge’ or ‘pain and discharge.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δυσεντερία, -as, 7, (ἔντερον intestine), dysentery, (Lat. tormina intestinorum, bowei-complaint): Acts xxviii. ἃ RG; see the foll. word. (Hippocr. and med. writ.; Hat., Plat., Aristot., Polyb., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δυσεντέριον dysenterion 1x
dysentery, Acts 28:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* δυσεντερία, -ας, ἡ, Rec. for δυσεντέριον (q.v.), Ac 28:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δυσεντέριον. Moeris, p. 120, δυσεντερία, θηλυκῶς, ᾿Αττικῶς. δυσεντέριον, “Ἑλληνικῶς, seitles the form in Ac 288, where all the uncials have the neuter. If Hobart’s long list of citations (Ρ. 52 f.) can be trusted for this detail, Luke’s medical books all presented him with δυσεντερία (-(y Hippocrates), and his faithfulness to the spoken Hellenistic form is the more noteworthy. We have not noticed the word in the medical documents among the papyri : it would be a fortunate chance if any of these scattered papers dealt with this particular subject. Part II. 3 δωδέκατος
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δυσεντερία (dusenteria) — dysentery. δῠσεντερ-ία, ἡ, dysentery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]