Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or resulting from diarrhea; having the character of or characterizing diarrhea; catarrhal, with reference to the intestines.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.

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  • adjective That causes, or is associated with diarrhea.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to diarrhea

Etymologies

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From diarrhea +‎ -al.

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Examples

  • Vitamin A deficiency increases the risk of severe illness, and even death, from common childhood infections such as diarrheal diseases and measles.

    What foods, minerals, vitamins, and fatty acids help your eyes? 2009

  • If it is a country's policy to give priority attention to those conditions which are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and those conditions for which feasible control programs can best be developed, then programs such as diarrheal disease control and expanding immunization and interventions such as ORT could be given greater emphasis.

    Chapter 8 1985

  • The airlifted supplies include medical kits such as diarrheal disease sets, midwifery kits, obstetric surgical kits; Vitamin A, jerry cans, collapsible water tanks, basic family water kits, tarpaulins, education and child protection supplies.

    Media Newswire 2010

  • Take the example of rotavirus, the leading causes of diarrheal disease.

    Bill Gates: Vaccines Save Lives: Every Child, Everywhere Bill Gates 2011

  • Giardia contaminates streams and lakes throughout North America and has caused epidemics of diarrheal disease in several small cities by contaminating their drinking water.

    Intestinal Parasites May Be Causing Your Energy Slump M.D. Leo Galland 2011

  • In China, India and Indonesia, twice as many people are dying from diarrheal diseases than from HIV/AIDS.

    Jonathan Lewis: I Am a Water Billionaire Jonathan Lewis 2011

  • In China, India and Indonesia, twice as many people are dying from diarrheal diseases than from HIV/AIDS.

    Jonathan Lewis: I Am a Water Billionaire Jonathan Lewis 2011

  • Take the example of rotavirus, the leading causes of diarrheal disease.

    Bill Gates: Vaccines Save Lives: Every Child, Everywhere Bill Gates 2011

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) said the virulent diarrheal disease, which has affected more than 1,500 people in central Haiti, would be the first cholera epidemic in a century in the disaster-prone and impoverished Caribbean nation.

    Haiti cholera outbreak feared in rural areas Joseph Guyler Delva 2010

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) said the virulent diarrheal disease, which has affected more than 1,500 people in central Haiti, would be the first cholera epidemic in a century in the disaster-prone and impoverished Caribbean nation.

    Haiti cholera outbreak feared in rural areas Joseph Guyler Delva 2010

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