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LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
Synonyms:
diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("looseness of the bowels" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "looseness of the bowels"):
the shits; the trots (obscene terms for diarrhea)
Montezuma's revenge (diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America)
Holonyms ("looseness of the bowels" is a part of...):
dysentery (an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea)
