| NOUN | state | diarrhoea, diarrhea, looseness of the bowels, looseness | frequent and watery bowel movements |
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| Sounds | day.eriy'ah | |
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| Rhymes | Abyssinia ... zinnia: 217 rhymes with iyah... | |
| Meaning | frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor. | |
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| Synonyms | diarrhea, looseness of the bowels, looseness | |
| Part of | dysentery | An infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea |
| Narrower | Montezuma's revenge | diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America |
| the shits, the trots | obscene terms for diarrhea | |
| Broader | symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
| Spanish | colitis, descomposición, diarrea | |
| Catalan | diarrea | |
| Adjectives | diarrhoeal, diarrhoetic | of or relating to diarrhea |
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