Diarrhea

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diarrhea \Di`ar*rhe"a\, Diarrhoea \Di`ar*rh[oe]"a\,
     (d[imac]`ar*r[=e]"[.a]), n. [L. diarrhoea, Gr. dia`rroia, fr.
     dia`rrei^n to flow through; dia` + "rei^n 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. Diarrheal

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "diarrhea":
     BM, abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
     asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea,
     bloody flux, bowel movement, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia,
     catharsis, chill, chills, cholera morbus, colic, constipation,
     convulsion, costiveness, coughing, crap, cyanosis, defecation,
     dejection, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema,
     emaciation, evacuation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation,
     flux, gripe, gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage,
     high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus,
     indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching,
     jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, loose bowels,
     low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, movement, nasal discharge,
     nausea, necrosis, obstipation, pain, paralysis, pruritus,
     purgation, purge, pyrosis, rash, rheum, runs, sclerosis, seizure,
     shit, shits, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stool,
     tabes, tachycardia, trots, tumor, turistas, upset stomach, vertigo,
     voidance, vomiting, wasting