DIARRHEA

diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness

(noun) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

diarrhea (countable and uncountable, plural diarrheas)

A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements.

(chiefly, US, UK) The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

Usage notes

• Diarrhea is the American and Canadian spelling; diarrhoea is the British / Commonwealth (except Canada) spelling.

Synonyms

• (medical condition): the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish and Northern English) (all slang)

• See also diarrhea

Hyponyms

• Montezuma's revenge (informal)

• Pharaoh's revenge (informal)

Source: Wiktionary

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Di`ar*rhe"a, Di`ar*rhoe"a, n. Etym: [L. diarrhoea, Gr. stream. See Stream.] (Med.)

Definition: A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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