Brainerd diarrhea

noun

A sudden-onset watery, explosive diarrhea that lasts for months and does not respond to antibiotics.

Meanings

nounBrainerd diarrhea (uncountable)

alternative Brainerd diarrhoea

  1. uncountableA sudden-onset watery, explosive diarrhea that lasts for months and does not respond to antibiotics.

Origin

First described in Brainerd, Minnesota in 1983.

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