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diarrhea

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishdiaria, fromMiddle Frenchdiarrie (Frenchdiarrhée),[1] fromLate Latindiarrhoea, fromAncient Greekδιάρροια(diárrhoia,“through-flowing”), fromδιά(diá,“through”) +ῥέω(rhéō,“flow”). Bysurface analysis,dia- +‎-rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

Displaced nativeOld Englishūtsiht(literally“straining out”).

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Noun

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diarrhea (countable anduncountable,pluraldiarrheas)(American spelling, Canadian spelling)

  2. (medicine) Agastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or waterybowel movements.
  3. The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.
    • 2008, Danna Korn and Connie Sarros, Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies,Chapter 1:
      My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered indiarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?
    • 2009, Daniel Everett,Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes‎[1], page47:
      I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered indiarrhea.
    • 2014, L. A. Knight,Dog Training the American Male,page221:
      Why was she covered indiarrhea?

Usage notes

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  • Diarrhea is the American spelling;diarrhoea is the British spelling.

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Translations

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medical condition
watery excrement

See also

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References

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  1. ^“dīarīa,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved5 June 2022.
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