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Dysentery vs Palmatine - What's the difference?

dysentery | palmatine |

As nouns the difference between dysentery and palmatine

is that dysentery is a disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces while palmatine is a protoberberine alkaloid found in several plants, used in the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, hypertension, inflammation, and liver-related diseases.

dysentery

English

(wikipedia dysentery)

Noun

  • (pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
  • * {{quote-song
    • , year = 1959 , title = In Old Mexico , composer = (Tom Lehrer) , passage = We ate, we drank, and we were merry / and we got typhoid and dystentery . }}

    Derived terms

    * dysenteric * amoebic dysentery

    See also

    * shigellosis

    palmatine

    English

    (wikipedia palmatine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A protoberberine alkaloid found in several plants, used in the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, hypertension, inflammation, and liver-related diseases.