HyperDic: looseness_of_the_bowels

English > 1 sense of the expression looseness of the bowels:
NOUNstatelooseness of the bowels, diarrhea, diarrhoea, loosenessfrequent and watery bowel movements
English > looseness of the bowels: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningfrequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor.
Synonymsdiarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness
Part ofdysenteryAn infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
NarrowerMontezuma's revengediarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America
the shits, the trotsobscene terms for diarrhea
Broadersymptom(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Spanishcolitis, descomposición, diarrea
Catalandiarrea

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