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di·ar·rhe·a
(dī′ə-rē′ə)n.
Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces.
[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.]
di′ar·rhe′al, di′ar·rhe′ic (-ĭk), di′ar·rhet′ic (-rĕt′ĭk) adj.
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di•ar•rhe•a
or di•ar•rhoe•a
(ˌdaɪ əˈri ə)n.
an intestinal disorder characterized by frequent and fluid fecal evacuations.
[1350–1400; Middle English diaria < Late Latin diarrhoea < Greek diárrhoia a flowing through]
di`ar•rhe′al, di`ar•rhe′ic, di`ar•rhet′ic (-ˈrɛt ɪk) adj.
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diarrhea
“Watery stools” can be caused by any condition that causes food residue to be rushed through the large intestine too quickly to allow water absorption. This may be due to bacterial irritation of the canal.
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| Noun | 1. | diarrhea - frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor 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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Translations
průjem
diaré
ripuli
proljev
下痢
설사
diarré
อาการท้องร่วง
bệnh tiêu chảy
diarrhoea
(daiəˈriə) (American) diarrhea noun too much liquid in and too frequent emptying of the bowels. He has diarrhoea.
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diarrhea
→ إِسْهَال průjem diaré Durchfall διάρροια diarrea ripuli diarrhée proljev diarrea 下痢 설사 diarree diaré biegunka diarreia понос diarré อาการท้องร่วง ishal bệnh tiêu chảy 腹泻Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
di·ar·rhe·a
n. diarrea;
acute ___ → ___ severa;
___ infantile → ___ infantil;
___ of the newborn → ___ epidémica del recién nacido;
dysenteric ___ → ___ disentérica;
emotional ___ → ___ emocional;
lienteric ___ → ___ lientérica;
mucous ___ → ___ mucosa;
nervous ___ → ___ nerviosa;
pancreatic ___ → ___ pancreática;
purulent ___ → ___ purulenta;
summer ___ → ___ estival o de verano;
travelers' ___ → ___ del viajero. V. cuadro en la página 97.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- I have diarrhea (US)
I have diarrhoea (UK)
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diarrhea
n diarrea; traveler’s — diarrea del viajeroEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.