diarrhea

== English == === Alternative forms === diarrhoea (Commonwealth) diarrhœa (dated) === Etymology === From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- +‎ -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/ Rhymes: -iːə === Noun === diarrhea (countable and uncountable, plural diarrheas) (American spelling, Canadian spelling) (medicine) A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements. 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? ==== Usage notes ==== Diarrhea is the American spelling; diarrhoea is the British spelling. ==== Synonyms ==== (medical condition): poop water, the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish and Northern English) (all slang), loose motion (India) See also Thesaurus:diarrhea, bubble guts ==== Hyponyms ==== Montezuma's revenge (informal) Pharaoh's revenge (informal) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Australian Kriol: daiyariya → Hindi: डायरिया (ḍāyriyā) → Hiri Motu: dairia Tok Pisin: dairia ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== constipation piss out one's ass === References ===