diarrhoea
esp US diarrhea
/ (ˌdaɪəˈrɪə) /
frequent and copious discharge of abnormally liquid faeces
Origin of diarrhoea
1Derived forms of diarrhoea
- diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, esp US diarrheal or diarrheic, adjective
Words Nearby diarrhoea
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How to use diarrhoea in a sentence
Its internal uses are in hysteria, and 136 in such conditions as diarrhoea, dysentery and cholera.
diarrhoea broke out in the camp soon after my arrival, and continued to haunt us all during the summer.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellIt is often necessary to give the infant or the young child cereal water to replace food in occasions of summer diarrhoea, etc.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerIts leaves dried and pulverised are used as an antidote to various diseases, as diarrhoea, fevers, etc.
The Vee-Boers | Mayne Reiddiarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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