Ruhr — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dysentery noun A serious intestinal infection causing severe diarrhoea, often with blood, along with fever and abdominal pain.
Senses
Ruhr is used for these senses in English:
- Ruhr A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin.
- dysentery (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 diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.