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diarrhea
CEFRB1
/ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An illness causing frequent watery bowel movements.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.
Examples
Whenever I go abroad, I suffer from jet lag and diarrhea.
Here's some medicine for diarrhea.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningA gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
More examples
In contextMy 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 in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?
I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered in diarrhea.
Why was she covered in diarrhea?
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Origin
noun
From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).