diarrhœal

A form of diarrheal — That causes, or is associated with diarrhea.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of diarrheal.

    Rainfall exerts an influence upon diarrhœal mortality, but probably an indirect one, through its influence on the temperature of the soil. Air‐movement also influences diarrhœal mortality, wind lessening, and calm, in the diarrhœal season, promoting it.

    1898, Thomas Stevenson, A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health, P. Blakiston, Son, & Co.; Volume II of III, page 844

Origin

From diarrhœa + -al.

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diarrhœal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarrh%C5%93al

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