The medical term for frequent, watery bowel movements is:

A) cachexia.
B) diarrhea.
C) emesis.
D) hematochezia.


B) diarrhea.
Diarrhea is the medical term for frequent, watery bowel movements. Cachexia is
loss of weight and generalized wasting that occurs during a chronic disease. Emesis is the
medical term for vomiting. Hematochezia is the passage of a bright, red blood in the stool.

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