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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
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
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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