Symptoms of CDI can vary. Diarrhea is the most common symptom; it is usually watery and, rarely, bloody, and may be associated with crampy abdominal pain. Associated symptoms are feeling poorly, fever, nausea and vomiting. Signs of severe disease include fever and abdominal distension and/or tenderness.
Vassalage \Vassal*age\, n. [OE. vassalage, F. vasselage, LL. vassallaticum.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of being a vassal, or feudatory. [1913 Webster] 2. Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks. [1913 Webster] 3. A territory held in vassalage.
Learner's definition of VASSAL. [count] : a person in the past who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service â often used figuratively to describe a person, country, etc., that is controlled by someone or something more powerful. The states became vassals of the empire.