What Happens If Someone Is Found Incompetent to Stand Trial? Being found incompetent to stand trial does not mean a person will never face his charges. Incompetent to Stand Trial is not a legal defe...
-rhea. The diagraph rh occurring at the beginning of a syllable in a word of Greek origin is ordinarily changed to rrh when a prefix or other lexical element is placed before it, as in this terminal form from rhoia.(r)rhea, -(r)rhoea, -(r)rhoeica, suffix meaning fluid discharge, flow: anarrhea, cystirrhea, laryngorrhea.
The word diarrhea with its odd spelling is a near steal from the Greek diarrhoia meaning a flowing through. Diarrhea can be acute, that is, sudden in onset and short-lived, or it may be prolonged. Most acute episodes of diarrhea are due to viral infections and last three to five days. Prolonged diarrhea -- lasting more than four to six weeks -- usually is due to an underlying gastrointestinal disease, the most common of which are diseases that cause inflammation and malabsorption of food.