diarrhea
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diarrhea
- /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/ UK
Rhymes with -iːə
Where it comes from
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”).
noun diarrheas · diarrhoea · diarrhœa
- 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. My Pampers bill is higher than your paycheck, my hands are raw from washing them every six minutes, and I do eight loads of laundry a day because everything we own is covered in diarrhea, and you want me to "plug him up" and wait another three weeks?
Similar: poop water, the runs, the shits, the squirts, the trots, the squits, the skitters, loose motion, bubble guts, craps, diarrhea, dysentery, Hershey squirts, lask, runs, shits, skitters, squirts, squits, trots, LBM
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: diarrhoea, diarrhoeal, dysentery, excrement, substance, looseness, the runs, flux, the shits, the trots, montezuma's revenge, purging, irregularity, pseudodiarrhea, pseudodiarrhoea, enteritis
noun
Similar: poop water, the runs, the shits, the squirts, the trots, the squits, the skitters, loose motion, bubble guts, craps, diarrhea, dysentery, Hershey squirts, lask, runs, shits, skitters, squirts, squits, trots, LBM
Translations
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noun medical condition
| Español | diarrea, colitis, cagadera, churria, currutaca, churretera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 설사 seolsa |
| 日本語 | 下痢 geri |
| 中文 | 腹瀉 /腹泻 fùxiè, 下痢 xiàlì, 拉肚子 lādùzi |
| हिन्दी | अतिसार atisār, दस्त dast, डायरिया ḍāyriyā |
| Kiswahili | harisha |
| Português | diarreia, caganeira |
| Français | diarrhée, foire |
| Deutsch | Durchfall, Dünnschiss, Diarrhö, Diarrhoe |
| Italiano | diarrea |
| Ελληνικά | διάρροια diárroia, ευκοιλιότητα efkoiliótita |
| Română | diaree, urdinare |
| Русский | поно́с ponós, диаре́я diaréja, сра́чка sráčka |
| Tiếng Việt | tiêu chảy, ỉa chảy |
| العربية | إِسْهَال ʔishāl |
| עברית | שִׁלְשׁוּל shilshúl |
noun watery excrement
| Español | diarrea, churreta, churrete, churretear, churretearse, cagalera |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 稀屎 xīshǐ |
| Português | diarreia |
| Français | chiasse, diarrhée |
| Italiano | squacquera, scacazzata |
| Ελληνικά | διάρροια diárroia |
| Русский | жидкий стул židkij stul |
Talk about this word "diarrhea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/diarrhea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. diarrhea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/diarrhea "diarrhea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/diarrhea.Cite this
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title = {diarrhea},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
