diarrhea
Frequent watery stools
Diarrhea is the condition of having frequent, loose, or watery bowel movements.
It's usually a symptom of infection, food poisoning, or digestive upset rather than a disease itself.
The word serves as both medical term and everyday vocabulary: I can't come in today—I have diarrhea.
Figuratively, diarrhea of the mouth describes someone who talks excessively without restraint.
Inflamed digestive tract illness
- food poisoningSickness from contaminated eating
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- dysenteryBloody intestinal infection
- salmonellaFoodborne bacterial illness
rotavirus · norovirus · giardia · cryptosporidium · amoeba · colitis · Crohn's · IBS
Involuntary muscle tightening
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- urgencyPressing need for action
- loose stoolsWatery, unformed feces
- watery stoolAbnormally liquid feces
abdominal pain · nausea · flatulence · intestinal distress · incontinence · rumbling · griping · mucus
Reduction in body water
- electrolytesConducting ions in solution
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
- thirstNeed for fluid
- dry mouthInsufficient saliva production
weakness · dizziness · sunken eyes · lethargy · Pedialyte · Gatorade · sodium · potassium
Drug slowing bowel transit
- Pepto-BismolPink bismuth digestive aid
- probioticsLive microorganisms aiding digestion
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- BRAT dietBland foods for diarrhea
hydration · rest · rice water · bananas · toast · applesauce · yogurt · ginger
Internal digestive organ
- colonLarge intestine section
- intestineDigestive tract organ
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
peristalsis · microbiome · flora · fiber · absorption · gastrointestinal · digestive tract · rectum
Traveler's gastrointestinal illness
- turistaTraveler in Spanish
- touristTraveler visiting attractions
- tap waterPlumbed household drinking source
- street foodCasual vendor-sold eats
developing countries · prophylaxis · travel clinic · inoculation · bottled water · hygiene · sanitation
gastroenteritis
Inflamed digestive tract illness
- food poisoningSickness from contaminated eating
- choleraBacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- dysenteryBloody intestinal infection
salmonella · rotavirus · norovirus · giardia · cryptosporidium · amoeba · colitis · Crohn's · IBS · malabsorption
cramps
Involuntary muscle tightening
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- urgencyPressing need for action
- loose stoolsWatery, unformed feces
watery stool · abdominal pain · nausea · flatulence · intestinal distress · incontinence · rumbling · griping · mucus · fever
fluid loss
Reduction in body water
- electrolytesConducting ions in solution
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
- thirstNeed for fluid
dry mouth · weakness · dizziness · sunken eyes · lethargy · Pedialyte · Gatorade · sodium · potassium · glucose
loperamide
Drug slowing bowel transit
- Pepto-BismolPink bismuth digestive aid
- probioticsLive microorganisms aiding digestion
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
BRAT diet · hydration · rest · rice water · bananas · toast · applesauce · yogurt · ginger · chamomile
bowel
Internal digestive organ
stool · peristalsis · microbiome · flora · fiber · absorption · gastrointestinal · digestive tract · rectum · sphincter
Delhi belly
Traveler's gastrointestinal illness
- turistaTraveler in Spanish
- touristTraveler visiting attractions
- tap waterPlumbed household drinking source
street food · developing countries · prophylaxis · travel clinic · inoculation · bottled water · hygiene · sanitation
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- allergy symptomshives, sneezing, itching, rash, swelling
- Belly Problemsstomach ache, abdominal pain, stomach cramps, bloating, gas
- body symptomsheadache, headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue
- digestive issuesindigestion, bloating, constipation, gas, heartburn
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
diarrheaconstipation
Difficult, infrequent waste elimination
blockage · irregularity · intestinal blockage · bowel obstruction · costiveness
- verbal diarrheaCompulsive excessive speech
- traveler's diarrheaIntestinal illness from abroad
- travelers' diarrheaIntestinal illness abroad
- verbal diarrhoeaCompulsive excessive speech
- explosive diarrhea
- diarrhea of the mouthCompulsive, unstoppable chatter
diarrhoea, diarrheal, diarrheas, diarrheic, antidiarrheal, antidiarrheals