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Synonyms for diarrhea

  • noun
  • American English

Most common

dysentery looseness lientery

All synonyms

Noun

1. Medical condition

poop water informal, loose motion IN, shits vulgar informal, the shits vulgar slang, the squirts slang US, runs slang

Other

dysentery, looseness, bubble guts informal, lientery, trots slang, flux dated

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.

Related words

Word family
diarrheal diarrheic
Phrases
runner's diarrhea traveler's diarrhea verbal diarrhea
Is a kind of
defecation feces
Other spellings
diarrhoea UK

Forms

Plural
diarrheas → dysenteries, loosenesses, lienteries, fluxes…

Example sentences

  • dysentery While on the camping trip, Tom got dysentery.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
diarrhearising
dysenterysteady
loosenessfalling
lienterysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
runs1, flux1
5 letters
shits1, trots1
8 letters
lientery
9 letters
dysentery4, looseness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dysentery4 = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français
diarrhée
Italiano
diarrea
Español
diarrea
Deutsch
Diarrhöe
Català
diarrea