diarrhoea: [16] Diarrhoea means literally ‘through-flow’ (and hence semantically is a parallel formation to diabetes). It comes via late Latin diarrhoea from Greek diárrhoia, a term coined by the physician Hippocrates for ‘abnormally frequent defecation’. It was formed from the prefix dia- ‘through’ and rhein ‘flow’ (a relative of English rheumatism and stream).
Of other -rrhoea formations (or -rrhea, as it is generally spelled in American English), pyorrhoea ‘inflammation of the tooth sockets’ was coined in the early 19th century, and logorrhoea at around the turn of the 20th, originally as a clinical term in psychology (although subsequently hijacked as a facetious synonym for ‘talkativeness’). => rheumatism, stream
diarrhoea
variant spelling of diarrhea (q.v.); see also oe.
权威例句
1. Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting.
症状有腹泻和呕吐。
2. They can also relieve diarrhoea.
它们还可以治泻肚.
3. Three days later his diarrhoea was checked.
三天以后他的痢疾止住了.
4. Diarrhoea can make you feel weak, as well as putting you off your food.
腹泻会让人感到乏力,而且没有胃口。
5. Nausea, diarrhoea, and vomiting may accompany migraine.