diarrhoea

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: di=ar=rhoe=a

OXFORD DICTIONARY

diarrhoea, n. (esp. US diarrhea) a condition of excessively frequent and loose bowel movements.

Derivative

diarrhoeal adj. diarrhoeic adj.

Etymology

ME f. LL f. Gk diarrhoia (as DIA-, rheo flow)

ROGET THESAURUS

diarrhoea

Excretion

N excretion, discharge, emanation, exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis, evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement, shit, stools, crap, bloody flux, cacation, coeliac-flux, coeliac- passion, dysentery, perspiration, sweat, subation, exudation, diaphoresis, sewage, eccrinology, saliva, spittle, rheum, ptyalism, salivation, catarrh, diarrhoea, ejecta, egesta, sputa, excreta, lava, exuviae, hemorrhage, bleeding, outpouring.