diarrhoea

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

diar·rhoea (BrE) (NAmE diar·rhea)BrE [ˌdaɪəˈrɪə] NAmE [ˌdaɪəˈriːə] (also informal the runs) noun uncountable
an illness in which waste matter is emptied from the ↑bowels much more frequently than normal, and in liquid form
•Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting.
See also: ↑diarrhea

Word Origin:
[diarrhoea] late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek diarrhoia, from diarrhein ‘flow through’, from dia ‘through’ + rhein ‘to flow’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  diarrhea, looseness of the bowels, looseness