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Montezuma's revenge [ˌmɒntɪˈzuːməz]

(Medicine / Pathology) Informal an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced in Mexico by tourists

[after Montezuma II (1466-1520), the Aztec emperor of Mexico overthrown and killed by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes (1485-1527)]

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Montezuma's revenge - diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America

diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels - frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

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Montezuma's revenge (redirected from Moctezuma's Revenge)

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