Hypertext Webster Gateway: "diarrhea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diarrhea \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
diarrhea
n : frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of
infection or food poisoning or colitis or a
gastrointestinal tumor [syn: {diarrhoea}, {looseness of
the bowels}]
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