traveler's diarrhea

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)

1. 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^[1], →ISBN, page 179:

     Contaminated salads remain the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea in countries where the climate is hot.

Synonyms

• TD (initialism)

Hypernyms

• food-borne disease
• water-borne disease

Hyponyms

• Delhi belly (India)
• Montezuma's revenge (Mexico)
• tourista (Latin America)

Translations

Translations

• French: tourista (fr)
• Polish: zemsta faraona (pl) f, klątwa faraona f
• Spanish: diarrea del viajero f
• Swedish: turistdiarré c