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Definition of diarrhea
1 : abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools (see 1stool 3b) symptoms include fever, nausea, and diarrhea
2 : excessive flow verbal diarrhea
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Examples of diarrhea in a Sentence
The symptoms of the disease include fever, nausea, and diarrhea.
I was taken with severe diarrhea while attending the conference.
Recent Examples of diarrhea from the Web
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The children had abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal symptoms, along with gut inflammation visible under a microscope.
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Listeria symptoms include high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
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Animal management received a call about an injured stray cat that had diarrhea and was barely able to walk.
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Ingestion of quaternary-ammonium compounds in dogs can cause reduced appetite, and gastric irritation including diarrhea and vomiting.
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But shortly after the outing, Frankie started vomiting and had diarrhea, his family told Houston's ABC affiliate KTRK.
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Symptoms of phytohemagglutinin poisoning are nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, from mild to intense.
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Salmonella affects about 1 million people every year, causing diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.
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Symptoms of non-celiac gluten sensitivity can include digestive symptoms such as pain and bloating in the abdomen, diarrhea or constipation, or more generalized symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, brain fog, depression, joint pain and skin rashes.
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Origin and Etymology of diarrhea
Middle English diaria, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein to flow through, from dia- + rhein to flow — more at stream
DIARRHEA Defined for English Language Learners
diarrhea
playDefinition of diarrhea for English Language Learners
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medical : an illness that causes you to pass waste from your body very frequently and in liquid rather than solid form
DIARRHEA Defined for Kids
diarrhea
playDefinition of diarrhea for Students
: abnormally frequent and watery bowel movements
Medical Dictionary
diarrhea
Medical Definition of diarrhea
: abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools
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