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adj
Having diarrhea; diarrheal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, rare
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: lax, loose, diarrheal
Antonyms: constipated, regular
adjective satellite
of or relating to diarrhea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: diarrheal, diarrhoeal, diarrhetic, diarrhoetic, diarrhoeic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English diarrhea Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English diarrheic From diarrhea + -ic.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
