noun
diarrhea
dye-uh-REE-uh/ˌdaɪəˈriə/
Frequent loose or watery bowel movements.
The chart records repeated watery bowel movements caused by diarrhea.
Etymology
The literal image is a “flowing through.” The Greek term already named the bowel condition, describing the frequent passage of loose or watery stools as a flow.
In context
water would be potentially attracted to the to your intestine be pulled into the lumen of the intestine and that could lead to diarrhea so just like very loose stool
More examples
- The patient reported diarrhea.
- The study tracked episodes of diarrhea.
- She described the onset of diarrhea to the clinician.
Forms
diarrhea
Similar words
- constipation
- Involves difficult or infrequent bowel movements instead.
- dysentery
- An intestinal illness that can cause bloody diarrhea.