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Diarrhea

noun

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Noun

1
A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements. Canada, US, countable, uncountable
2
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor wordnet
3
The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements. Canada, US, countable, uncountable
"My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?"

Etymology

From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).

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