diarrhea
Plural: diarrheas
Noun
- An intestinal disorder characterized by frequent, loose bowel movements.
- frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
- The watery or very soft excrement that comes from such bowel movements.
Examples
- Playing DIARRHEA might seem crude, but it was a valid and high-scoring word.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels, Hershey squirts, LBM, bubble guts, craps, diarrhea, dysentery, lask, loose motion, poop water, runs, shits, skitters, squirts, squits, the runs, the shits, the skitters, the squirts, the squits, the trots, trots
Scrabble Score: 12
diarrhea: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddiarrhea: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
diarrhea: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary