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Asiatic cholera

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Asiatic cholera
n.
See cholera.
Asiatic cholera
n
(Medicine / Pathology) another name for cholera
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Noun1.Asiatic cholera - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or foodAsiatic cholera - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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" "Take him," says the governor --and by the Lord, Flask, if the devil didn't give John the Asiatic cholera before he got through with him, I'll eat this whale in one mouthful.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
We must remember, rather, with what awe we watched the gigantic footsteps of the Asiatic cholera, striding from shore to shore of the Atlantic, and marching like destiny upon cities far remote which flight had already half depopulated.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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