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summer complaint

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an acute condition of diarrhea, occurring during the hot summer months chiefly in infants and children, caused by bacterial contamination of food and associated with poor hygiene.

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RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

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  2. summative,
  3. summative assessment,
  4. summer,
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  6. summer cypress,
  7. summer diarrhea,
  8. summer flounder,
  9. summer games,
  10. summer grape

Origin of summer complaint

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
Also called summer diarrhea.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for summer complaint

  • One of the most serious in this chapter is summer-complaint (Cholera infantum).

    Valere Aude|Louis Dechmann