Diarrhea

(di-ar-e/-ah) [did, through; pieiv, to flow]. A condition characterized by increased frequency and le ened consistency of the fecal evacuations. D., Choleraic, severe, acute diarrhea with serous stools, and accompanied by vomiting and collapse. D., Lienteric, a form of diarrhea characterized by the pa age of fluid stools containing ma es of undigested food. D., Mucous, that characterized by the presence of mucus in the stools. D., Summer, an acute form occurring particularly in children during the intense heat of summer. 227