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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Late Latin
Origin: diarrhoea, from Greek diarrhein 'to flow through'

diarrhoea

 noun
     
di‧ar‧rhoea British English , diarrhea American English [uncountable]
MI an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often
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