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diarrhœa

diarrhœa noun: dated spelling of diarrhoea.

Noun

diarrhœa (countable and uncountable, plural diarrhœas or diarrhœæ)

  1. Dated spelling of diarrhoea.
    • Stool. Crawling and constriction in rectum. Stool large and hard (Bry); whitish, watery, sour. Prolapse ani, and burning, stinging hæmorrhoids. Diarrhœa of undigested, food, fetid, with ravenous appetite. Children’s diarrhœa. Constipation; stool at first hard, then pasty, then liquid.2005, Edward Shalts, The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents, page 326

diarrhœa meaning in Tamil

diarrhœa in Tamil

diarrhœa
பாசனம் pācaṉam

Forms of diarrhœa

pluraldiarrhœas
pluraldiarrhϾ

Origin of diarrhœa

From Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

Words formed from diarrhœa

Questions about diarrhœa

What does diarrhœa mean?
Diarrhœa means dated spelling of diarrhoea.
What is diarrhœa in Tamil?
Diarrhœa in Tamil is பாசனம் (pācaṉam). See Diarrhœa meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is diarrhœa?
Diarrhœa is a noun.
What is the plural of diarrhœa?
The plural of diarrhœa is diarrhœas.

Words near diarrhœa in the dictionary

  1. diarrhoeagenic
  2. diarrhoeal
  3. diarrhoeas
  4. diarrhoeic
  5. diarrhoetic
  6. diarrhœa
  7. diarrhœal
  8. diarrhœas
  9. diarrhœic
  10. diarrhœtic
  11. diarrhϾ

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diarrhœa (page history and authors); பாசனம் (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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