traveler's diarrhea


traveler's diarrhea

noun

Definition of TRAVELER'S DIARRHEA

: intestinal sickness and diarrhea affecting a traveler that is typically caused by ingestion of pathogenic microorganisms (as some E. coli)

First Known Use of TRAVELER'S DIARRHEA

1968

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