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A digestive condition causing frequent, loose, watery bowel movements, often from infection or illness.
means An intestinal condition causing frequent, loose, watery bowel movements.
from From Greek diarrhoia, built from dia- ('through') plus rhein ('to flow') — the same 'rhein' that gives us 'rheumatic' and 'catarrh.' So the word itself just means 'flowing through,' which the Greeks apparently considered polite enough to write down.
- spelling split
- British diarrhoea, American diarrhea, same regret
- real danger
- kills via dehydration, not the mess itself
- global toll
- second leading cause of death under age five
- fix
- oral rehydration salts, not just imodium