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Noun: looseness of the bowels
  1. Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumour
    - diarrhea [N. Amer], diarrhoea [Brit, Cdn], looseness

Type of: symptom

Part of: dysentery

Encyclopedia: Looseness of the bowels