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hurry 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably copying the action]
[I and T] to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time
-synonym rush rush
　If we hurry, we'll get there in time.
　I hate having to hurry a meal.
　We'll have to hurry otherwise we'll miss the start.
　There's no need to hurry. We've got plenty of time.
hurry to do sth
　They were hurrying to catch their train.
hurry through/along/down etc
　She hurried down the corridor as fast as she could.
hurry after
　John hurried off after his girlfriend.
[T] to make someone do something more quickly
-synonym rush rush
　Don't hurry me. I'm doing this as fast as I can.
hurry sb into (doing) sth
　She doesn't want to be hurried into making a decision.
[T always + adverb/preposition] to take someone or something quickly to a place
-synonym rush rush hurry sth to/through/across etc sth
　Emergency supplies have been hurried to the areas worst hit by the famine.
hurry up phr v
hurry up!
spoken used to tell someone to do something more quickly
　Hurry up, we're late!
hurry sb/sth up
to make someone do something more quickly or to make something happen more quickly
　See if you can hurry things up a little.

pancreatic cholera (medicine)


pancreatic cholera -->
diarrhoea pancreatica
Diarrhoea characterised by severe, watery, secretory diarrhoea and hyperkalaemia; most patients have hypercalcaemia, many have hyperglycaemia; results from excessive secretion of VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide) by an islet cell tumour of the pancreas. Sometimes called WDHA syndrome.

See: Verner-Morrison syndrome, WDHA syndrome.

Synonym: pancreatic cholera, pancreatic diarrhoea.