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Diarrhea vs Cacatory - What's the difference?

diarrhea | cacatory |

As a noun diarrhea

is (chiefly|north america) a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.

As an adjective cacatory is

(medicine|rare) accompanied by diarrhea.

diarrhea

English

(wikipedia diarrhea)

Alternative forms

* diarrhoea (British) *

Noun

  • (chiefly, North America) A condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.
  • The watery excrement that comes from said bowel movements.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical condition) the runs, the shits, the squirts (US), the trots, the squits (both UK), the skitters (Scottish) (all slang) * See also

    Hyponyms

    * Montezuma's revenge (informal) * Pharao's revenge (informal)

    Related terms

    * * * * *

    See also

    * constipation

    cacatory

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (medicine, rare) Accompanied by diarrhea
    • For the diners, the effects of the chicken cacciatore, alas, were cacatory .

    References

    * 1906 , Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas; Lippincott's Medical Dictionary, p. 161