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Diarrhoea

A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

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Symptom 76% connected

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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Diarrhoetic 74% connected

Producing diarrhea, or a purging.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Diarrhoetic 74% connected

Producing diarrhea, or a purging.

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Dysentery 70% connected

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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Diarrhea 92% connected

Alt. of Diarrhoea

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Looseness 92% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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