Diarrhœal

Origin

en + -diarrhœa + al

Full definition of diarrhœal

Adjective

1. Obsolete spelling of en
• 1898, Thomas Stevenson, A Treatise on Hygiene and Public Health, P. Blakiston, Son, & Co.; Volume II of III, page 844:Rainfall exerts an influence upon diarrhÅ“al mortality, but probably an indirect one, through its influence on the temperature of the soil.Air‐movement also influences diarrhÅ“al mortality, wind lessening, and calm, in the diarrhÅ“al season, promoting it.