English noun: looseness of the bowels | |||
1. | looseness of the bowels (state) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | ||
Synonyms | diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | symptom | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Montezuma's revenge, the shits, the trots | ||
Part meronym | dysentery | ||