GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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{ Diarrhea, Diarrhœa }, , n. [L. diarrhoea, Gr. διάρροια, fr. διάρρεῖν to flow through; διά + ῥεῖν to flow; akin to E. stream. See Stream.] (Med.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.