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diarrhea

[dahy-uh-ree-uh] / ˌdaɪ əˈri ə /


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“Following each meal, my entire family experienced acute onsets with violent vomiting, watery diarrhea, and profound weakness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

People with IBD can experience serious symptoms including rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and weight loss.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Then, over the weekend, the brand found itself in a messy situation: At its Beijing event, the winner lost control of her bowels midrace and completed the challenges while diarrhea was leaking down her legs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Domoic acid can accumulate in shellfish and cause nausea, diarrhea and illness in humans when consumed at low levels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Maybe now’s the time for one of those fictional diarrhea attacks Simon’s so strangely fond of.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

By all sorts of acute reactions, such as skin eruptions, diarrheas, feverish, inflammatory and catarrhal conditions, boils, abscesses, mucopurulent discharges, etc.,

From Nature Cure by Henry Lindlahr

These diarrheas are especially serious when accompanied by a steady loss in weight.

From The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler

Dietetic Treatment.—Practically the same as in other diarrheas.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

As the fat content of the oatmeal gives it a more laxative effect, it is undesirable to use it at the season in which the summer diarrheas are prevalent.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit

Anemia as a Result.—Anemia is one of the most common results of prolonged diarrheal attacks, especially in those toxic diarrheas resulting from infectious diseases, dysentery, etc.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit


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