Definitions for: Diarrhea


[n] frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor



Webster (1913) Definition: Di`ar*rhe"a, Diarrhoea Di`ar*rh[oe]"a, n. [L.
diarrhoea, Gr. ?, fr. ? to flow through; ? + ? to flow; akin
to E. stream. See Stream.] (Med.)
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.

Synonyms: diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels

See Also: dysentery, Montezuma's revenge, symptom, the shits, the trots

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