Diarrhea is defined as loose or watery stools at increased frequency. Other associated symptoms may include the following: At least three bowel movements in 24 hours. Urgency (having to go right away) Incontinence (leakage of stool) Bloating, gas. Rectal pain. Lower abdominal pain or cramping.
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to morbid: morbid obesity. (mÃ´râ²bÄ­d) adj. 1. Given to or characterized by unwholesome thoughts or feelings, especially of death or disease: read the account of the murder with a morbid interest. 2. a. Of, relating to, or caused by disease; pathological or diseased: morbid changes in tissues. b.
Word Origin & History. morbid 1650s, of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease, from L. morbidus diseased, from morbus sickness, disease, from root of mori to die, or from PIE base *mor- to rub, pound, wear away (cf. Gk. marainein to consume, exhaust, marasmus consumption).