What does traveler's diarrhea mean?

traveler's diarrhea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: trav-el-er's -di-ar-rhea
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Meaning

noun

Diarrhea contracted by someone visiting from another country or region via food or water contaminated with microbes to which their gut microbiota is unaccustomed.

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Example Sentences

"Contaminated salads remain the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea in countries where the climate is hot."

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Inflected Forms

travelers' diarrhea (alternative) traveller's diarrhoea (alternative) travellers' diarrhoea (alternative) traveller's diarrhea (alternative) travellers' diarrhea (alternative) traveler's diarrhoea (alternative) travelers' diarrhoea (alternative)

Synonyms

TD turista

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