diarrheal
Relating to flux
Diarrheal describes something relating to or characterized by diarrhea—the condition of frequent, loose, or watery bowel movements.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: diarrheal disease, diarrheal symptoms, diarrheal illness.
Contaminated water is a common cause of diarrheal outbreaks in developing regions.
Bacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- gastroenteritisInflamed digestive tract illness
- dysenteryBloody intestinal infection
- salmonellosisBacterial gastrointestinal infection
- shigellosisBacterial digestive tract infection
giardiasis · rotavirus · norovirus · colitis · enteritis · food poisoning · E. coli infection · typhoid
Reduction in body water
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
- electrolytesConducting ions in solution
- salineSalt-water solution
- thirstNeed for fluid
dry mouth · sunken eyes · turgor · hypotension · urination · potassium · sodium · chloride
Involuntary muscle tightening
- urgencyPressing need for action
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- spasmsSudden involuntary muscle contractions
- gripesVoiced minor dissatisfactions
colicky · flatulence · nausea · tenderness · abdominal pain · distress · malaise · restlessness
Watery, unformed feces
- watery stoolAbnormally liquid feces
- malabsorptionFailed intestinal nutrient uptake
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- blood in stoolFeces containing red cells
cholera
Bacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
- gastroenteritisInflamed digestive tract illness
- dysenteryBloody intestinal infection
- salmonellosisBacterial gastrointestinal infection
shigellosis · giardiasis · rotavirus · norovirus · colitis · enteritis · food poisoning · E. coli infection · typhoid
fluid loss
Reduction in body water
- rehydrationReplacing lost water
- electrolytesConducting ions in solution
- salineSalt-water solution
thirst · dry mouth · sunken eyes · turgor · hypotension · urination · potassium · sodium · chloride · bicarbonate
cramps
Involuntary muscle tightening
- urgencyPressing need for action
- bloatingSwollen, expanded state
- spasmsSudden involuntary muscle contractions
gripes · colicky · flatulence · nausea · tenderness · abdominal pain · distress · malaise · restlessness · squirming
loose stools
Watery, unformed feces
- watery stoolAbnormally liquid feces
- malabsorptionFailed intestinal nutrient uptake
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
diarrhealconstipating
Causing difficult bowel movements
constipated · binding · antidiarrheal · costive · anti-diarrheal
- verbal diarrheaCompulsive excessive speech
- traveler's diarrheaIntestinal illness from abroad
- travelers' diarrheaIntestinal illness abroad
- explosive diarrhea
- diarrhea of the mouthCompulsive, unstoppable chatter
- chronic diarrheaSustained loose bowel movements