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Diarrhoeal

Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Diarrheal 92% connected

Alt. of Diarrhoeal

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Diarrhetic 92% connected

Alt. of Diarrhoetic

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Diarrhoetic 92% connected

Producing diarrhea, or a purging.

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Acicular adjective · 78% connection

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

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Act verb · 78% connection

behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a…

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Antidiarrheal noun · 78% connection

a drug used to control or stop diarrhea

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Antidiarrheal drug noun · 78% connection

a drug used to control or stop diarrhea

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Aplustre noun · 78% connection

An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.

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Assort verb · 78% connection

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to class…

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Auriculated adjective · 78% connection

Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (…

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Banister noun · 78% connection

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is play…

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Bleat verb · 78% connection

To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.

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Buff noun · 78% connection

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…

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Cat's-eye noun · 78% connection

A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other ge…

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Clocklike adjective · 78% connection

Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

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Crohn's disease noun · 78% connection

a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fe…

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Depletion noun · 78% connection

the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in…

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Durian noun · 78% connection

huge fruit native to southeastern Asia ‘smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven’; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts

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Elliptic geometry noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle; "Bernhard Riemann pionee…

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Enteritis noun · 78% connection

inflammation of the intestine (especially the small intestine); usually characterized by diarrhea

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