diarrhoea has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Used in print

(Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)

One of the most common of camp maladies was diarrhoea .

Johnny_Rebs from the deep_South who were plagued with diarrhoea after transfer to the Virginia front often informed their families that they were suffering from the `` the Virginia quickstep '' .

A Georgia soldier gave his wife the following description of the cause and consequence of diarrhoea : `` I have bin a_little sick with diorah two or three days .

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