British variant of 'diarrhetic'; promoting or causing diarrhea.
From British 'diarrhoea' + suffix '-etic', maintaining the Greek '-oe-' spelling in Commonwealth English medical terminology.
This is a perfect example of how British and American English forked with medical terminology—the same Greek root produced four slightly different spellings across the Atlantic!
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