Borrowed from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.zən.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.zen.teˈɾi.a]

disenteria f (plural disenteries)

1. (pathology) dysentery (disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines)

• disentèric

• “disenteria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• desenterea, dysenteria (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desinteria, a learned borrowing from Latin dysenteria, borrowed from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία (dusentería), from δυσ- (dus-) + ἔντερον (énteron) + -ία (-ía).

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧sen‧te‧ri‧a

disenteria f (plural disenterias)

1. (pathology) dysentery (disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines)

• “disenteria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “disenteria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /disenteˈɾia/ [d̪ɪ.sɛn̪.t̪ɛˈɾiː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: di‧sen‧te‧ri‧a

disenteria (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜒᜌ)

1. dated spelling of disenteriya