stomach flu

stomach flu

n. Informal Acute gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea, usually caused by a virus such as norovirus. It is unrelated to influenza, a respiratory infection.

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stomach flu - inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidisgastroenteritis, intestinal fluinflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammationcholera infantum - often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptomscholera morbus, collywobbles - severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea