diarrhea
Etymology

From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια, from διά ("through") + ῥέω ("flow").

Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/
Noun

diarrhea (American spelling, Canadian spelling)

  1. A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
  2. The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.
    • 2008, Danna Korn and Connie Sarros, Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies, Chapter 1 ↗:
      My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?
    • 2009, Daniel Everett, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, page 47:
      I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered in diarrhea.
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