diarrheal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- antidiarrheal adjective
- nondiarrheal adjective
- post-diarrheal adjective
Example Sentences
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More than 4 billion people around the world lack access to safely managed water, and fecal contamination contributes to millions of cases of diarrheal illness each year, especially among children.
From Science Daily
Every day, dozens of people arrive with respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, skin conditions and eye infections -- ailments that spread quickly in crowded conditions with little clean water.
From Barron's
But areas of the world lacking this privilege suffer high child mortality and widespread diarrheal diseases.
From Salon
Abdominal pain with E. coli is also usually worse than it is for other diarrheal illnesses, said Dr. William Miller, an infectious disease physician at Houston Methodist Hospital.
From Seattle Times
Control of diarrheal diseases was the leading force behind improvements in this region.
From Science Daily
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