Diarrhea \Di`ar*rhe"a\, Diarrhoea \Di`ar*rh[oe]"a\,
   (d[imac]`ar*r[=e]"[.a]), n. [L. diarrhoea, Gr. dia`rroia, fr.
   dia`rrei^n to flow through; dia` + "rei^n 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. Diarrheal

	

	diarrhea
    n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of
         infection or food poisoning or colitis or a
         gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea,
         looseness of the bowels, looseness]

	

	101 Moby Thesaurus words for "diarrhea":
   BM, abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
   asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea,
   bloody flux, bowel movement, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia,
   catharsis, chill, chills, cholera morbus, colic, constipation,
   convulsion, costiveness, coughing, crap, cyanosis, defecation,
   dejection, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema,
   emaciation, evacuation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation,
   flux, gripe, gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage,
   high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus,
   indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching,
   jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, loose bowels,
   low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, movement, nasal discharge,
   nausea, necrosis, obstipation, pain, paralysis, pruritus,
   purgation, purge, pyrosis, rash, rheum, runs, sclerosis, seizure,
   shit, shits, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stool,
   tabes, tachycardia, trots, tumor, turistas, upset stomach, vertigo,
   voidance, vomiting, wasting