DIARRHOEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Synonyms:

diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("diarrhoea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diarrhoea"):

the shits; the trots (obscene terms for diarrhea)

Montezuma's revenge (diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America)

Holonyms ("diarrhoea" is a part of...):

dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)

Derivation:

diarrhoeal; diarrhoetic (of or relating to diarrhea)