diarrhea

B2 Topic:Health & Medicine

US /ˌdaɪɝˈiːə/ UK /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #12234

Meanings

1

noun
An illness in which a person passes very soft or watery waste from the bowels frequently.

Diarrhea has many possible causes, including infection and bad food.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

crapsdysenterylasklbmrunsshitsskitterssquirtssquitstrots

Word family

Forms diarrheas

Derived forms antidiarrheabangorrheadiarrheagenicdiarrheogenicpseudodiarrheatwitterrhea

Related forms antidiarrhealconstipationdiarrhealdiarrheicgalactorrheagalactorrhoeagonorrheagonorrhoealogorrhealogorrhoeapyorrheapyorrhoea

Etymology

From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).

*srew- Proto-Indo-European diaria Middle English diarrie Middle French diarrhoea la-lat διάρροια Ancient Greek

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Topics

Health & Medicine

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# diarrhea

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌdaɪɝˈiːə/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/
**Frequency rank:** 12234

## Meanings
1. An illness in which a person passes very soft or watery waste from the bowels frequently.

## Examples
- Diarrhea has many possible causes, including infection and bad food.

## Synonyms
- craps
- dysentery
- lask
- lbm
- runs
- shits
- skitters
- squirts
- squits
- trots

## Derived Forms
- antidiarrhea
- bangorrhea
- diarrheagenic
- diarrheogenic
- pseudodiarrhea
- twitterrhea

## Related Forms
- antidiarrheal
- constipation
- diarrheal
- diarrheic
- galactorrhea
- galactorrhoea
- gonorrhea
- gonorrhoea
- logorrhea
- logorrhoea
- pyorrhea
- pyorrhoea

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *srew-
- Root: diaria
- Root: diarrie
- Root: diarrhoea
- Root: διάρροια

## Etymology
From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).

## AI Etymology
diarrhea comes from Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”). The historical chain includes Proto-Indo-European *srew-, Middle English diaria, Middle French diarrie, la-lat diarrhoea, Ancient Greek διάρροια. The current sense is An illness in which a person passes very soft or watery waste from the bowels frequently. English relatives and later formations include antidiarrhea, bangorrhea, diarrheagenic, antidiarrheal, constipation.

## Topics
- Health & Medicine

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