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diarrhea

Diarrhea is defined as a bowel movement with a lot of feces, usually in a watery form, often because of upset intestines or stomach.

(noun)

When you eat bad shrimp and get food poisoning, causing you to have to use the bathroom a lot and produce watery feces, this is an example of producing diarrhea.

See diarrhea in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

excessive frequency and looseness of bowel movements

chiefly Brit. sp. diarrhoea

Origin: ME diarea < OFr diarrie & LL diarrhoea < Gr diarrhoia < dia-, through + rhein, to flow: see stream

Related Forms:

diarrheal adjective or diarrheic or diarrhetic

See diarrhea in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also di·ar·rhoe·a

noun

Excessive and frequent evacuation of watery feces, usually indicating gastrointestinal distress or disorder.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English diaria

Origin: , from Medieval Latin

Origin: , from Late Latin diarrhoea

Origin: , from Greek diarroia

Origin: , from diarrein, to flow through

Origin: : dia-, dia-

Origin: + rhein, to flow, run; see sreu- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

diˌar·rheˈal, diˌar·rheˈic (-ĭk), diˌar·rhetˈic (-rĕtˈĭk) adjective

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