| diarrhaea | <medicine> 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. Origin: L. Diarrhoea, Gr, fr. To flow through; + to flow; akin to E. Stream. See Stream. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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