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DIARRHEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Synonyms:
diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("diarrhea" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diarrhea"):
the shits; the trots (obscene terms for diarrhea)
Montezuma's revenge (diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America)
Holonyms ("diarrhea" is a part of...):
dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)
Derivation:
diarrheal; diarrhetic (of or relating to diarrhea)
Context examples:
Symptoms include pain, weight loss, and diarrhea.
(Pancreatoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about an individual's frequency of diarrhea over the past seven days.
(Past Seven Days Frequency of Diarrhea, NCI Thesaurus)
It is being studied in the treatment of diarrhea and for its ability to increase the antitumor effect of other therapies.
(Phenobarbital, NCI Dictionary)
The latter is characterized by the presence of peptic ulcer, gastroesophageal reflux disease, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and malabsorption.
(Pancreatic Gastrinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, weight loss, nausea, and diarrhea.
(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Octreotide is used to treat diarrhea and flushing associated with certain types of tumors.
(Octreotide, NCI Dictionary)
As a result, 5-FU associated gastrointestinal toxic effects are reduced and the incidence of diarrhea or mucositis is decreased in 5-FU related therapy.
(Oteracil Potassium, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever, headache and weight loss.
(Balantidiasis, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs include bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss.
(Blind Loop Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and shock.
(Acute Pancreatitis, NCI Thesaurus)
