泄泻

Traditional form:

洩瀉

Pinyin (reading):

xièxiè

Definitions:

• loose bowels
• diarrhea
• to have the runs

Characters:

• 泄 - drip, leak, vent; to disperse; to reduce
• 泻 - to leak; diarrhea

Traditional characters:

• 洩 - to leak, to drip; to vent, to release
• 瀉 - to leak; diarrhea