diarrhea (noun)
1diarrhea — noun Etymology: Middle English diaria, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia + rhein to flow more at stream Date: 14th century 1. abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or le …
2diarrhea — noun an outbreak of diarrhea in the camp Syn: loose stools; informal the runs, the trots, the squirts, Montezuma s revenge, turista; Medicine dysentery; archaic the flux Ant: constipation …
3diarrhea — noun ˈdaɪˌɔː(ɹ).iː.ə,ˈdaɪ.əˌ(ɹ)iː.ə/ a) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements. b) The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements. Syn: runs, squirts, trots, squits, skitters …
4diarrhea — noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor (Freq. 9) • Syn: ↑diarrhoea, ↑looseness of the bowels, ↑looseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑loose (for: ↑ …
5diarrhea — di|ar|rhe|a [ ,daıə riə ] noun uncount an illness in which the solid waste from your body is like a liquid and you have to go to the toilet very often …
6traveler's diarrhea — noun Date: 1968 intestinal sickness and diarrhea affecting a traveler that is typically caused by ingestion of pathogenic microorganisms (as some East coli) …
7bovine viral diarrhea — noun Any of various diseases caused by the bovine viral diarrhea virus …
8red diarrhea — noun or red dysentery : bloody diarrhea of calves; especially : coccidiosis caused by a microscopic animal parasite Eimeria (E. zurnii) …
9summer diarrhea — noun or summer complaint : diarrhea prevalent in hot weather and usually caused by ingestion of food contaminated by various microorganisms responsible for gastrointestinal infections …
10white diarrhea — noun : any of several diseases of birds or mammals marked by passage of pale or whitish diarrheic stools: as a. : pullorum disease especially in young birds b. : white scours c. : coccidiosis of chickens * * * white diarrhea, pullorum disease in… …
