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View synonyms for diarrhoea
diarrhoea
/ ˌdaɪəˈrɪə /
noun
- frequent and copious discharge of abnormally liquid faeces
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Derived Forms
- ˌdiarˈrhoeal, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of diarrhoea1
C16: from Late Latin, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow
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Example Sentences
Then we had my birthday feast a week late, owing to diarrhœa on the proper occasion.
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In children, especially, where diarrhœa exists, Chamomilla should be used.
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Much of the indigestion and diarrhœa which attack people during the summer is doubtless due to this kind of poisoning.
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Diarrhœa attacks chiefly hogs and weak gimmers and dinmonts; whereas dysentery is frequent among older sheep.
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Diarrhœa almost always occurs in the spring, and ceases about June, when dysentery only commences.
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