Word.ws English Dictionary

travellers' diarrhoea

travellers' diarrhoea is the alternative form of traveler's diarrhea.

Meaning of traveler's diarrhea

Noun

traveler's diarrhea (uncountable)

  1. Diarrhea contracted by someone visiting from another country or region via food or water contaminated with microbes to which their gut microbiota is unaccustomed.
    • Contaminated salads remain the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea in countries where the climate is hot.2010, The Digestive System, →ISBN, page 179
    Synonyms:
    TD, turista

Questions about travellers' diarrhoea

What is travellers' diarrhoea the alternative form of?
Travellers' diarrhoea is the alternative form of traveler's diarrhea.

Words near travellers' diarrhoea in the dictionary

  1. travelleress
  2. travelleresses
  3. travellers
  4. Travellers Rest
  5. travellers' cheques
  6. travellers' diarrhoea
  7. travellers' palm
  8. travellers' palms
  9. travellest
  10. travelleth
  11. travellin'

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: travellers' diarrhoea (page history and authors); traveler's diarrhea (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “travellers' diarrhoea.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/travellers%27_diarrhoea. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.