looseness of the bowels

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

diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness

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 trots - obscene terms for diarrhea

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

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Such unregulated dumping of medicinal waste dirties the earth and adds to the spread of specific diseases by uncovering health care specialists, squander handlers, patients and the network everywhere to poisons and contamination, for example, hepatitis, looseness of the bowels, nourishment borne ailments and skin diseases.

Hospital waste inclusion

They can create irritation of eyes and throat, looseness of the bowels, cancer, headache, memory loss, dermatitis and flu.