diarrhœa

See also: diarrhoea

English

Etymology

From Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

Noun

diarrhœa (countable and uncountable, plural diarrhœas or diarrhœæ)

1. (chiefly British spelling) Archaic spelling of diarrhea.
   • 2005, Edward Shalts, The American Institute of Homeopathy Handbook for Parents, page 326:

     Stool. Crawling and constriction in rectum. Stool large and hard (Bry); whitish, watery, sour. Prolapse ani, and burning, stinging hæmorrhoids. Diarrhœa of undigested, food, fetid, with ravenous appetite. Children’s diarrhœa. Constipation; stool at first hard, then pasty, then liquid.

Derived terms

• diarrhœal