diarrhoea
noun /ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/
/ˌdaɪəˈriːə/
(British English) (North American English diarrhea)
(also informal the runs)
[uncountable]- an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the bowels much more frequently than normal, and in liquid form
- Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- mild
- acute
- …
- experience
- have
- suffer from
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein ‘flow through’, from dia ‘through’ + rhein ‘to flow’.