diarrhea
diarrhea
Definition
di·ar·rhea (dī′ə rē′ə)
Related Forms:
- diarrheal di′·ar·rhe′al adjective or diarrheic di′·ar·rhe′ic or diarrhetic di′·ar·rhet′·ic (-ret′ik)
diarrhea
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- treat: A tea of leaves and bark is ingested in treating diarrhea.
- cause: Fat can be hard for your body to digest when you are sick, it can cause diarrhea, nausea, gas and bloating.
- prevent: A placebo-controlled trial of Lactobacillus GG to prevent diarrhea in undernourished Peruvian children.
- include: These include mild diarrhea, nausea, or upset stomach.
- have: In about an hour I had terrible diarrhea, then I decided to take a bath.
- get: Now the cows can't sleep and they've got diarrhea.
Adjective modifier
- watery: Nausea, vomiting and watery diarrhea occur with some patients developing a maculopapular rash, red eyes and have hiccups.
- bloody: Running stomach, say, or bloody diarrhea in babies.
- verbal: Expect to find a helping of verbal diarrhea here every visit, to brighten up your day.
- chronic: Among them are ulcerations in the mouth, inflammation of the tongue, peptic ulcers and chronic diarrhea.
- severe: UNICEF is concerned about the potential for severe diarrhea in the refugee camps during the summer months.
- acute: The nutritional management of acute diarrhea in young infants: effects of carbohydrate ingested.
Modifies a noun
- disease: Diarrhea disease is a major health problem in India especially among children below five years of age.
- remedy: The fruit juice and bark tea are a very common diarrhea remedy throughout the Amazon today, used by Curanderos and local people alike.
Noun used with modifier
- childhood: They cover a range of medical problems such as anemia, nutritional deficiencies and childhood diarrhea.
- puppy: And once again -- after the violets faded -- I noticed the faint smell of puppy diarrhea.
- traveler: Bacteria and bugs often get a bad press causing food poisoning, stomach bugs, travelers diarrhea and so on.
Possessives
- traveler: To avoid traveler's diarrhea, the CDC recommends that you: - Drink only boiled, canned, bottled or carbonated beverages.
Preposition: in
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