— diarrheal, diarrheic, diarrhetic /duy'euh ret"ik/ , diarrhoeal, diarrhoeic, diarrhoetic , adj.
/duy'euh ree"euh/ , n. Pathol.
an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
Also, diarrhoea .
[ 1350-1400; ME diaria diarrhoea diárrhoia a flowing through, equiv. to diarrho- (var. s. of diarrheîn to flow through) + -ia -IA ]