diarrhoea
noun
[ ˌdʌɪəˈrɪə ]
• a condition in which faeces are discharged from the bowels frequently and in a liquid form.
• "a range of symptoms including diarrhoea and vomiting"
Similar:
loose motions,
looseness of the bowels,
the skitters,
the runs,
the trots,
Spanish tummy,
Delhi belly,
Montezuma's revenge,
Aztec revenge,
Aztec two-step,
holiday tummy,
gippy tummy,
the squits,
turista,
dysentery,
lientery,
the flux,
lax,
Origin:
late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein ‘flow through’, from dia ‘through’ + rhein ‘to flow’.
