travelers' diarrhea

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noun

persistent and often severe diarrhea experienced by a traveler whose digestive system is unaccustomed to the bacteria in local food and water.

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Example sentences from the Web for travelers' diarrhea

In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
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Brands like Lo & Sons and Delsey are already tapping Travel Noire to connect with black travelers.
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These days, to be featured by Travel Noire on Instagram is like a badge of honor for many black millennial travelers.
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But their record shows that travelers to Indonesia need to be very wary of any flight connections they make.
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There are few paved roads, and at the airport, soldiers outnumber travelers.
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Yet it certainly would render the country more agreeable to strangers, whether sojourners or mere travelers.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
When Europeans, native travelers and mails were swept out of existence they fought each other.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
To travelers blessed with golden sunshine, the Rhine may wear a grander, nobler aspect, and to such I leave it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
This rule however does not apply to travelers walking along a rural highway.
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He must keep a reasonably careful lookout for other travelers in order to avoid collision; also for defects in the highway.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

Medical definitions for travelers' diarrhea

travelers' diarrhea

n.

Diarrhea and abdominal cramps occurring among travelers to regions where sanitation is poor, commonly caused by a toxin-producing strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli.

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