diarrhoea
noun
Simple meaning
Frequent and watery bowel movements.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
daɪɚˈiə
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Commonwealth
Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
commonwealth
A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Used this way, diarrhoea is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in medicine or healthcare contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
Nearby words
- diarrhea , a specialist term, precise but narrower
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Compound terms
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A serious bacterial disease of young chickens.
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Synonyms
Sense: frequent and watery bowel movements
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