diarrhea
English
/ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/
noun
Definitions
- A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very fluid or watery bowel movements.
- The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French diarrie derived from Latin diarrhoea derived from Ancient Greek διάρροια (through-flowing, diarrhea, a flowing-through).
Origin
Ancient Greek
διάρροια
Gloss
through-flowing, diarrhea, a flowing-through
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidiarrhea English
- antidiarrheal English
- antidiarrheic English
- diarrheagenic English
- diarrheal English
- diarrheic English
- diarrheogenic English
- diarrhoea Latin
- diarree Dutch, Flemish
- diarrhée French
- diarrhéique French
- διάρροια Ancient Greek
- δῐᾰ́ρροιᾰ Ancient Greek
- δῐᾰρρέω Ancient Greek
- diaré Norwegian Bokmål
- diarré Swedish
- diaré Norwegian Nynorsk
- diaree Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- διάρροια Greek (modern)
- diarrie Middle French
- diarea Romansh
- diarrea Romansh