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Diarrhea

"Diarrhea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diarrhea" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diarrhea" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 28 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2007 and 2012
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