diarrhœtic, -rhetic, a.
(daɪəˈrɛtɪk, -ˈriːtɪk)
[f. diarrhœa, in loose imitation of Gr. verbal adjectives in -τικός. (The actual verbal adj. from διαρρέ-ειν is διάρρυτ-ος, which would have given diarrhytic.]
= diarrhœic.
Also confused with diuretic.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Diarrhoetick, that hath a Lask or loosness in the belly without inflammation. a 1735 Arbuthnot (J.), Millet is diarrhœtick, cleansing, and useful in diseases of the kidneys. 1883 Syd. Soc. Lex., Diarrhetic, Diarrhœtic, same as Diarrhœic. |