diarrhoea

di·ar·rhe·a also di·ar·rhoe·a  (d-r)

n.

Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces, usually indicating gastrointestinal distress or disorder.

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[Middle English diaria, from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek diarroia, from diarrein, to flow through : dia-, dia- + rhein, to flow, run; see sreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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diar·rheal, diar·rheic (-k), diar·rhetic (-rtk) adj.

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diarrhoea or esp US diarrhea [die-a-ree-a]

Noun

frequent discharge of abnormally liquid faeces [Greek dia- through + rhein to flow]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

diarrhoea - frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor diarrhea, looseness, looseness of the bowels dysentery - an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease the shits, the trots - obscene terms for diarrhea Montezuma's revenge - diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America

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diarrhoea U.S. diarrhea

noun the runs, the trots (informal) dysentery, looseness, the skits (informal) Montezuma's revenge (informal) gippy tummy, holiday tummy, Spanish tummy, the skitters (informal)

Translations

diarrhoea, diarrhea (US) [daɪəˈriːə] n → diarrea

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diarrhoea (US), diarrhea [daɪəˈriːə] n → diarrhée f

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diarrhoea (US) diarrhea [daɪəˈriːə] n → Durchfall m

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diarrhoea (US), diarrhea [daɪəˈriːə] n → diarrea

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diarrhoea

n diarrhoea [daiəˈriə]

too much liquid in and too frequent emptying of the bowels He has diarrhoea. diarree, persie إسْهال диария průjem diaré der Durchfall διάρροια diarrea kõhulahtisus اسهال؛ شکم روی ripuli diarrhée שִׁלשׁוּל दस्त proljev hasmenés mencret, diare niðurgangur diarrea 下痢 설사 viduriavimas caureja cirit birit diarree diaré, magesjau biegunka diarreia diaree диарея hnačka driska dijareja diarré ท้องเสีย ishal 腹瀉 діарея, понос اسہال ỉa chảy 腹泻