diarrhoea

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di·ar·rhoea British English, diarrhea American English /ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ noun [uncountable]  MIan illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often 腹泻

Examples from the Corpus

diarrhoea• This protozoal gut infection often causes diarrhoea.• We have previously reported two cases associated with chronic diarrhoea, failure to thrive and a proximal small intestinal enteropathy.• We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea.• Furthermore diarrhoea or weight loss were absent in a considerable proportion of infected patients.• Then we realised that she'd had diarrhoea so badly it was actually oozing out of her collar!• We collected data on diarrhoea for all children in the villages aged between 3 months and 5 years.• For patients with postoperative dumping or diarrhoea it is prudent to assess gastric emptying before starting remedial surgery.• All of these factors may theoretically contribute to diarrhoea.

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diarrhoea
di‧ar‧rhoea British English, diarrhea American English /ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ noun [uncountable]an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ stomachache pain in your stomach or near your stomach: He said he had a stomachache and didn't want to go to school. | I've got bad stomachache.
   ▪ indigestion pain or uncomfortable feelings that you get when your stomach cannot break down food that you have eaten: She frequently suffered from indigestion. | If I eat onions, they give me indigestion.
   ▪ food poisoning a stomach illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, so that you vomit: I got food poisoning while I was on holiday and had to spend the day in bed. | Two of the customers has to be taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning.
   ▪ nausea the feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit: A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.
   ▪ constipation the condition of having difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from your body: Do you suffer from constipation?
   ▪ diarrhoea British English, diarrhea American English an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often: The main symptoms are diarrhoea and vomiting. | Some dairy products can cause diarrhoea.

diar·rhoea (BrE) (NAmE diar·rhea) BrE /ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdaɪəˈriːə/ 🔊 (also informal the runs) noun [uncountable] an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the bowels much more frequently than normal, and in liquid form 腹泻◆Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。🔊🔊