looseness of the bowels
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor (Freq. 1) • Syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness • Derivationally related forms: loose (for: looseness), diarrhoetic (for: diarrhoea), diarrhoeal (for: diarrhoea), diarrhetic (for: diarrhea), diarrheal (for: diarrhea) • Hypernyms: symptom • Hyponyms: the shits, the trots, Montezuma's revenge • Part Holonyms: dysentery
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