DIARRHEA

diarrhea. Diarrhea, n. a flux of the belly, flux, looseness

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{ Di′ar‐rhe″a, Di′ar‐rhœ″a }, (dī′ar‐rē″ȧ), n. [[L. diarrhoea, Gr. διάρροια, fr. διάρρει̑ν to flow through; διά + ρεἱ̑ν to flow; akin to E. stream. See Stream.]] (Med.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.