diarrheal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- antidiarrheal adjective
- nondiarrheal adjective
- post-diarrheal adjective
Example Sentences
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More than 4 billion people around the world lack access to safely managed water, and fecal contamination contributes to millions of cases of diarrheal illness each year, especially among children.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
Every day, dozens of people arrive with respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, skin conditions and eye infections -- ailments that spread quickly in crowded conditions with little clean water.
From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025
Carriers of diarrheal infections can transmit them to others if they swim in public pools or fail to properly wash their hands before touching others or preparing food.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025
Abdominal pain with E. coli is also usually worse than it is for other diarrheal illnesses, said Dr. William Miller, an infectious disease physician at Houston Methodist Hospital.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
Sometimes she visited houses where people were dying, and often, especially in Cange, there were children with diarrheal diseases that could be fatal.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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