noun
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor (Freq. 9)
• Syn: ↑diarrhoea, ↑looseness of the bowels, ↑looseness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose (for: ↑looseness), ↑diarrhoetic (for: ↑diarrhoea), ↑diarrhoeal (for: ↑diarrhoea), ↑diarrhetic, ↑diarrheal
• Hypernyms: ↑symptom
• Hyponyms: ↑the shits, ↑the trots, ↑Montezuma's revenge
• Part Holonyms: ↑dysentery
Useful english dictionary. 2012.