diarrhea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
    looseness of the bowels; looseness; diarrhoea.

WordNet

Di`ar*rhe"a, Di`ar*rhæ"a noun (Also<
  • Diarrhaea
  • Diarrhea
  • Diarrhæa
)
Etymology
L. diarrhoea, Gr. , fr. to flow through; + to flow; akin to E. stream. See Stream.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

Webster 1913