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diarrhea | dumbels | initialism |

As a noun diarrhea

is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery bowel movements.

As an initialism DUMBELS is

a mnemonic ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/[bronchorrhea], emesis, lacrimation, salivation") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.

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

    dumbels

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (emergency medicine) A mnemonic ("diaphoresis/diarrhea, urination, miosis, bronchospasm/bradycardia/[bronchorrhea], emesis, lacrimation, salivation") used to identify the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome.

    • Synonyms

    * SLUDGE