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diarrheal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
di-ar-rheal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That causes, or is associated with diarrhea.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English diaria English diarrhea English -al English diarrheal From diarrhea + -al.

Inflected Forms

more diarrheal (comparative) most diarrheal (superlative) diarrhoeal (alternative) diarrhœal (alternative)

Derived Forms

antidiarrheal

Phrases

diarrheal shellfish poisoning

Synonyms

diarrheic lax loose diarrhoeal diarrhetic diarrhoetic diarrhoeic

Questions

What does diarrheal mean?
That causes, or is associated with diarrhea.
Where does diarrheal come from?
Etymology tree Middle English diaria English diarrhea English -al English diarrheal From diarrhea + -al.

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