diarrhea:

Or: diarrhoea , abnormally frequent evacuation of watery feces. Common causes include gastrointestinal distress or disorder, viral or bacterial infections, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), medicines, and malabsorption; it is also a common symptom for some types of flu, food poisoning, and may occur after eating spicy foods. Untreated, diarrhea may lead to dehydration. Humorously defined by Frederic Mullally in The Penthouse Sexicon (1968): ' A state of perpetual motion .'
Synonyms: Adriatic-tummy ; anal-fire-water ; arse-piss ; Aztec-hop ; Aztec-two-step ; back-door-trot(s) ; Basra-belly ; BDTs (b.d.t.); blaps ; blatts , Bombay-crud ; bum-gravy ; Cairo-crud ; crops spraying; digestive disorders; Delhi-belly ; gippy-tummy ; gutrot; gyppy-tummy ; Hong-Kong-dog ; IBS ; Irritable-Bowel-Syndrome ; Jim-Britts (Jimmy Britts); The Jimmys; Karachi-cork ; looseness-of-the-bowels ; Malta-dog ; Mexican-fox-trot ; Mexican-two-step ; Montezuma's revenge; ninny-tummy ; Rangoon-runs ; the runs; rusty-water ; scutter(s) ; the shits; sour-apple-quickstep ; Spanish-tummy ; spastic-colon ; the squirts ; the squitters ; stomach upset; Tijuana-cha-cha ; Tijuana-racetrack ; Tijuana-trots ; Tokyo-trots ; tom-tits ; torista(s) ; tourista ; a touch of the trays; travelers' diarrhea; the trots; tummy upset, Turkish-two-step .

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