diarrhoea

/,daiə'riə/

Thân thiện

A child stays home from school with diarrhoea.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A medical condition characterized by frequent, loose, and watery bowel movements: Diarrhoea is a symptom involving the abnormal passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day (or more frequently than is normal for the individual). It is often a sign of an infection or disorder in the gastrointestinal tract.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Traveller's diarrhoea is a common problem for tourists.
  • The main symptom of the infection was severe diarrhoea.
  • Dehydration is a serious risk with prolonged diarrhoea.

Advanced Usage

• "to have diarrhoea": to suffer from the condition.
  • She stayed home because she had diarrhoea.
• "a bout of diarrhoea": a short period or episode of the condition.
  • He suffered a sudden bout of diarrhoea.
• "explosive diarrhoea": a severe, sudden, and forceful form of the condition.
  • The virus can cause explosive diarrhoea.

Variants and Related Words

• Diarrheal (adj): relating to or suffering from diarrhoea.
  • Diarrheal diseases are a major cause of childhood mortality.
• Diarrhoeic (adj): alternative spelling of 'diarrheal'.
• Dysentery (n): an inflammatory disorder of the intestine, especially of the colon, often causing severe diarrhoea with blood and mucus.
• Loose stools (n phrase): a common descriptive term for bowel movements characteristic of diarrhoea.

Synonyms

• The runs (n, informal): a casual term for diarrhoea.
• The trots (n, informal): another casual term for diarrhoea.
• Loose bowels (n phrase): a descriptive synonym.
• Flux (n, archaic): an old term for an excessive flow, including diarrhoea.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: 'Diarrhoea' is a noun and does not form standard phrasal verbs. The phrases below are common collocations.) - Come down with diarrhoea: to begin to suffer from diarrhoea. - Several members of the expedition came down with diarrhoea. - Struck down by diarrhoea: severely affected by diarrhoea. - He was struck down by a violent case of diarrhoea.

Related Idioms

• Like a dose of salts (idiom, informal): acting very quickly and thoroughly, often used humorously in reference to a laxative effect.
  • That news went through the office like a dose of salts.
• The backdoor trots (idiom, informal): a humorous and euphemistic idiom for diarrhoea.

Học thuật

Noun

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Từ đồng nghĩa

• diarrhea
• looseness of the bowels
• looseness