diarrhea
UK/ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/
diarrhea noun: a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
Noun
diarrhea (countable and uncountable, plural diarrheas)
- 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.
- 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?2008, Danna Korn and Connie Sarros, Gluten-Free Cooking for Dummies, Chapter 1
- I looked and saw that she and her hammock were covered in diarrhea.2009, Daniel Everett, Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, page 47
diarrhea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
diarrhea in Hindi
- medical condition
- अतिसार atisār, दस्त dast, डायरिया ḍāyriyā
diarrhea in Tamil
- medical condition
- வயிற்றுப்போக்கு vayiṟṟuppōkku, பேதி pēti
diarrhea in Marathi
- medical condition
- अतिसार atisār
diarrhea in Urdu
- medical condition
- اسہال ishāl, دست dast
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- diarrhea in Bengali
- উদরাময় udramoẏ
- diarrhea in Telugu
- అతిసారం atisāraṁ
- diarrhea in Malayalam
- അതിസാരം atisāraṁ, വയറിളക്കം vayaṟiḷakkaṁ
- diarrhea in Kannada
- ಅತಿಸಾರ atisāra
- diarrhea in Punjabi
- ਦਸਤ dasat
- diarrhea in Gujarati
- અતિસાર atisār
- diarrhea in Odia
- ମଇଦାନ maidāna
- diarrhea in Assamese
- হাগনি hagoni
- diarrhea in Nepali
- डायरिया
- diarrhea in Pashto
- اسهال eshãl, دست dast, حيضه hizā
- diarrhea in Tagalog
- bululos, pagtatae, talasok
- diarrhea in Arabic
- إِسْهَال ʔishāl
- diarrhea in Malay
- cirit-birit, diarea
- diarrhea in Indonesian
- diare, mencret, menceret
- diarrhea in Persian
- اسهال eshâl, شکمروش šekam-raveš
- diarrhea in Thai
- ท้องเสีย tɔ́ɔng-sǐia, ท้องร่วง tɔ́ɔng-rûuang, ท้องเดิน tɔ́ɔng-dəən
- diarrhea in Vietnamese
- tiêu chảy, ỉa chảy
- diarrhea in Myanmar
- ဝမ်းကျ wam:kya.
Examples of diarrhea in a sentence
- The norovirus causes nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramping.
- Complications such as palirrhea and diarrhea occurring after operation may further aggravate dystrophy.
- The rats gradually became weak and asthenia, and showed mucous hypersecretion, anorexia, body weight reduction, hydrouria, diarrhea.
Synonyms of diarrhea
- poop water
- the runs
- the shits
- the squirts
- the trots
- the squits
- the skitters
- loose motion
- bubble guts
- craps
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Forms of diarrhea
| plural | diarrheas |
|---|---|
| alternative Commonwealth | diarrhoea |
| alternative form (dated) | diarrhœa |
Origin of diarrhea
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”).
Words formed from diarrhea
Words that rhyme with diarrhea
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- althea
- Anthea
- Caesarea
- hamartia
- Hosea
- Leah
- logorrhea
- maria
- panacea
- Sandia
- Theia
- trachea
- Zia
- Achaea
- Alethea
- carry the message to Garcia
- chia
- chorea
- Hygieia
- mens rea
- pharmacopoeia
- pro-mia
- quesadilla
- ratafia
- sangria
- shea
- Shi'a
- tortilla
- urea
- Aeaea
- Apamea
- apatheia
- Aramea
- Arimathea
- avania
- cinquedea
- Corea
- deliver the message to Garcia
- dionaea
- dyspnea
- Euboea
- eupatheia
- Euryclea
- Fawzia
- gelateria
- glossopoeia
- gonorrhea
- Hialeah
Questions about diarrhea
- What does diarrhea mean?
- Diarrhea means a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
- What is diarrhea in Hindi?
- Diarrhea in Hindi is अतिसार (atisār), दस्त (dast), डायरिया (ḍāyriyā). See Diarrhea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is diarrhea?
- Diarrhea is a noun.
- How do you pronounce diarrhea?
- Diarrhea is pronounced /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of diarrhea?
- The plural of diarrhea is diarrheas.
Words near diarrhea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: diarrhea (page history and authors); ମଇଦାନ (Odia) (page history and authors); diarrhea (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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