diarrhœa
See also: diarrhoea
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
diarrhœa (countable and uncountable, plural diarrhœas or diarrhœæ)
- (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.