traveler's diarrhea
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See also: travelers' diarrhea
English
Alternative forms
- (US) travelers' diarrhea
- (UK) traveller's diarrhoea, travellers' diarrhoea
- (mixed) traveller's diarrhea, travellers' diarrhea, traveler's diarrhoea, travelers' diarrhoea
Noun
traveler's diarrhea (uncountable)
- Diarrhea contracted by someone visiting from another country or region via food or water contaminated with microbes to which their gut microbiota is unaccustomed.
- 2010, The Digestive System, →ISBN, page 179:
- Contaminated salads remain the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea in countries where the climate is hot.
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- Delhi belly (India)
- Montezuma's revenge (Mexico)
- tourista (Latin America)
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