[khī rāt] (v, exp) EN: have diarrhoeaFR: avoir la diarrhée ; avoir la colique ; avoir la turista = tourista (fam.) ; avoir la courante (pop.) ; avoir la chiasse (vulg.)
(n)frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor, Syn.looseness, looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea
{ }, n. [ 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.