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Diarrhea
Alt. of Diarrhoea
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Broader term 1
Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease…
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0% interchangeable
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Alt. of Diarrhoeal
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15% interchangeable
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Alt. of Diarrhoeal
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Alt. of Diarrhoetic
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Alt. of Diarrhoetic
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Containing whole 1
A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowe…
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Synonym 2
A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels;…
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.
oewn 2023
68% interchangeable
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