diarrhoea
Britishnoun
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Origin of diarrhoea
C16: from Late Latin, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow
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Four people were hospitalised and there were more than 140 confirmed cases of sickness and diarrhoea during the 54-day incident in May 2024.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"People get what we call malaise - achy in the muscles and the joints, and eventually developing some vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea," which he tells the BBC is "true for a lot of illnesses".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
"The most common symptoms are diarrhoea, vomiting and fever."
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Early symptoms include fever, muscle pain, fatigue, headache and sore throat, and are followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, a rash and bleeding.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
It is humiliating before others to have a diarrhoea from ptomaine poisoning or to vomit from it.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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