diarrhea
gb/dˌaɪɚˈiə/ us/dˌaɪɚˈiə/
B1
Anglais
~ 8700
hasmenés
NOM
B1
1
hasmenés
A2
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] has diarrhea
He got diarrhea after eating street food on vacation.
Hasmenést kapott, miután a nyaralásán utcai ételt evett.
The doctor asked how long she had been experiencing diarrhea and stomach pain.
Az orvos megkérdezte, mióta van hasmenése és gyomorfájása.
This medicine can cause diarrhea as a side effect.
Children can become dehydrated quickly when they have severe diarrhea.
She stayed home from work because her diarrhea was so bad.
Exemples pédagogiques
I have diarrhea, so I cannot go to school today.
Hasmenésem van, ezért ma nem tudok iskolába menni.
Drinking dirty water can give you diarrhea.
A piszkos víz ivásától hasmenést kaphatsz.
The baby has diarrhea and needs to see a doctor.
This pill helps stop diarrhea.
If you have diarrhea, you should drink a lot of water.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes treat "diarrhea" as countable and say *"a diarrhea"* or *"many diarrheas"*; in normal use it is uncountable, so say "have diarrhea" or "some diarrhea". Spelling also causes problems: American English uses "diarrhea" and British English usually uses "diarrhoea".
Sens
Frequent loose, watery bowel movements
Collocations
have diarrhea
|suffer from diarrhea
|severe diarrhea
|chronic diarrhea
|watery diarrhea
|cause diarrhea
Synonymes
loose stools (More clinical and descriptive; often used by healthcare professionals.)
|
the runs (Informal, slang-like expression; less suitable for formal or medical contexts.)
Antonymes
constipation (Opposite bowel problem where stools are hard and difficult or infrequent to pass.)
Thèmes
health
|medicine
|body
Définition
A health problem when you go to the toilet many times and your poop is very loose and watery.
A medical condition in which a person passes loose or watery stools more often than usual, often caused by infection, food, or medication.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
diarrhea
API
GB/dˌaɪɚˈiə/
US/dˌaɪɚˈiə/
Syllabes et accentuation
diarrhea (1 syllabe)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: diarrhea
- Plural: diarrhea, diarrheas
Famille de mots
Forms
diarrheas
noun
Core family
diarrheal
adjective
Advanced or less common
antidiarrheal
adjective
Expressions
have diarrhea
1/hˈæv dˌaɪɚˈiə/
fixed phrase
Experience diarrhea
To be in a state where your poop is very loose and you go to the toilet many times.
Exemples
- If you have diarrhea for more than two days, you should see a doctor.
- She often has diarrhea when she is very stressed.
- People who drink untreated water may have diarrhea during their trip.
suffer from diarrhea
1/sˈʌfɚ fɹˈʌm dˌaɪɚˈiə/
fixed phrase
Have diarrhea as an illness
To have diarrhea as a health problem, usually for some time or in a serious way.
Exemples
- Many children in the village suffer from diarrhea due to unsafe drinking water.
- He has suffered from diarrhea since starting the new medicine.
traveler's diarrhea
1/tɹˈævəlɚz dˌaɪɚˈiə/
fixed phrase
technical
Diarrhea during or after travel
Diarrhea that people get when they travel to another country, often because of new germs in water or food.
Exemples
- Raw vegetables and tap water can increase your risk of traveler's diarrhea.
- They packed medicine in case anyone got traveler's diarrhea on the trip.
verbal diarrhea
1/vˈɚbəl dˌaɪɚˈiə/
idiom
informal
Talk too much uncontrollably
When someone talks too much, too fast, and cannot stop, usually in an annoying or silly way.
Exemples
- He tends to get verbal diarrhea when he’s nervous and just keeps talking.
- The meeting was painful because her verbal diarrhea left no space for anyone else to speak.