di ‧ ar ‧ rhoea BrE AmE British English , diarrhea American English /ˌdaɪəˈrɪə/ noun [uncountable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Late Latin ; Origin: diarrhoea , from Greek diarrhein 'to flow through' ]
an illness in which waste from the ↑ bowel s is watery and comes out often
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THESAURUS
▪ stomachache pain in your stomach or near your stomach:
He said he had a stomachache and didn't want to go to school.
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I've got bad stomachache.
▪ indigestion pain or uncomfortable feelings that you get when your stomach cannot break down food that you have eaten:
She frequently suffered from indigestion.
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If I eat onions, they give me indigestion.
▪ food poisoning a stomach illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, so that you vomit:
I got food poisoning while I was on holiday and had to spend the day in bed.
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Two of the customers has to be taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning.
▪ nausea the feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit:
A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.
▪ constipation the condition of having difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from your body:
Do you suffer from constipation?
▪ diarrhoea British English , diarrhea American English an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often:
The main symptoms are diarrhoea and vomiting.
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Some dairy products can cause diarrhoea.