diarrhea

Meaning

Noun

• A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements.
• The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.

Related

Similar words

• the runs, the shits, the squirts , the trots, the squits , the skitters

Narrower meaning words

• Montezuma's revenge
• Pharaoh's revenge

Origin

• From Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια ("through-flowing"), from διά + ῥέω. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.