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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Diarrhea \Di'ar*rhe"a\, Diarrhoea \Di'ar*rh[oe]"a\, (d[imac]'ar*r[=e]"[.a]), noun [L. diarrhoea, Gr. dia'rroia, fr. dia'rrei^n to flow through; dia' + "rei^n to flow; akin to E. stream. See {Stream}.] (Med.) 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
diarrhea
noun: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor [syn: {diarrhoea}, {looseness of the bowels}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "diarrhea": BM, abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, bloody flux, bowel movement, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia, catharsis, chill, chills, cholera morbus, colic, constipation, convulsion, costiveness, coughing, crap, cyanosis, defecation, dejection, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, evacuation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gripe, gripes, growth, heartburn, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, loose bowels, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, movement, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, obstipation, pain, paralysis, pruritus, purgation, purge, pyrosis, rash, rheum, runs, sclerosis, seizure, shit, shits, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, stool, tabes, tachycardia, trots, tumor, turistas, upset stomach, vertigo, voidance, vomiting, wasting
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