diarrhoeal disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdiarrhoealanddisease
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdisease.
diarrhoeal
adjective
uk/ˌdaɪ.əˈriː.əl/us/ˌdaɪ.əˈriː.əl/
connected with an illness in which the body's solid waste is more liquid than usual and comes out of the body ...
See more atdiarrhoeal
disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
See more atdisease
(Definition ofdiarrhoealanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdiarrhoeal disease
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The global burden ofdiarrhoealdisease, as estimated from studies published between 1992 and 2000.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Overall however, these data provide valuable insight intodiarrhoealdiseasemorbidity and aetiology in an understudied area of the world.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is these factors and not prolonged breastfeeding per se, which account for the association with malnutrition anddiarrhoealdisease.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Both domestic hygiene and the practice of breast feeding as opposed to artificial feeding helped to prevent the transmission ofdiarrhoealdisease.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was extremely rare for infants who were exclusively breast-fed to suffer or die fromdiarrhoealdisease.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These lists were used to identify the colonies vulnerable todiarrhoealdisease.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Conversely, low dietary diversity was strongly associated withdiarrhoealdisease, which in turn is often associated with poor anthropometric status.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The main cause wasdiarrhoealdisease, especially in hot summers, and the great majority of those who died were partially or, especially, wholly artificially fed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The importance ofdiarrhoealdiseasewas acknowledged by public health officials who also alluded to the link with women's employment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Prevention ofdiarrhoealdisease, particularly rotavirus, is an important public-health goal.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Although not statistically significant, the prevalence of self-reporteddiarrhoealdiseasewas marginally higher in the control towns than in the outbreak towns.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The relationship between prolonged breastfeeding anddiarrhoealdiseasehas also been investigated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Burden ofdiarrhoealdisease(73 %), having stomach cramps (64 %), blood in stool (51 %), and ' how long the diarrhoea lasted ' (44 %).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Here x2 is also a set of individual characteristics and sources of risk (contamination of drinking water) fordiarrhoealdiseasethat are available to the researcher.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Certain other risk factors theoretically important for explainingdiarrhoealdiseaseare found to play a much less significant role.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, in developing countries where morbidity and mortality fromdiarrhoealdiseaseare so widespread, extended breastfeeding should be encouraged in conjunction with safe complementary feeding practices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofdiarrhoeal
Go to the definition ofdisease
See other collocations withdisease