summer diarrhea

summer diarrhea
summer diarrhea n diarrhea esp. of children that is prevalent in hot weather and is usu. caused by ingestion of food contaminated by various microorganisms responsible for gastrointestinal infections

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a formerly common kind of diarrhea that occurred in children in the summertime.

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