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• DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)  , an excessive looseness of the bowels, a symptom of irritation which may be due to various causes, or may be associated with some specific disease . The treatment in such latter cases necessarily varies, since the symptom itself may be remedial, but in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary cases depends on the removal of the cause of irritation by the use of aperients, various sedatives being also prescribed . In chronic See also:

• DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)

diarrhoea careful See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the See also:

• DIET

diet is necessary .