DIARRHOEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does diarrhoea mean?
• DIARRHOEA (noun)
The noun DIARRHOEA has 1 sense:
1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Familiarity information: DIARRHOEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIARRHOEA (noun)
Meaning:
Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels
Hypernyms ("diarrhoea" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diarrhoea"):
the shits; the trots (obscene terms for diarrhea)
Montezuma's revenge (diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America)
Holonyms ("diarrhoea" is a part of...):
dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)
