chol·er·a

(kŏl′ər-ə)

1. An acute infectious disease of the small intestine, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps, severe dehydration, and depletion of electrolytes. Also called Asiatic cholera.

2. Either of two unrelated diseases of domestic animals, fowl cholera or classical swine fever (hog cholera), that are often marked by severe diarrhea.

[Latin, cholera, jaundice; see choler.]

chol′e·ra′ic (-ə-rā′ĭk) adj.

chol′e·roid′ (-ə-roid′) adj.

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cholera

(ˈkɒlərə)

(Pathology) an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea, cramp, etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma. Also called: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera or Indian cholera

[C14: from Latin, from Greek kholera jaundice, from kholē bile]

ˈcholeˌroid adj

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chol•er•a

(ˈkɒl ər ə)

n.

a severe contagious infection of the small intestine characterized by profuse diarrhea and dehydration, caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria, and commonly transmitted via contaminated drinking water.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek choléra name of several intestinal diseases]

chol•e•ra•ic (ˌkɒl əˈreɪ ɪk) adj.

chol·er·a

(kŏl′ər-ə)

An infectious, sometimes fatal disease of the small intestine caused by a bacterium. It is contracted from contaminated water and food and causes severe diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration.

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cholera

A severe bacterial infection common in the tropics, transmitted in food or drink that has been contaminated with feces.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

cholera - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

Translations

مَرَض الكوليرا

cholera

kolera

kolera

kolera

kólera

colera

コレラ

cholera

holera

cholera

kolera

kolera

霍乱

cholera

[ˈkɒlərə] N → cólera m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cholera

[ˈkɒlərə] n → choléra m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cholera

n → Cholera f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cholera

[ˈkɒlərə] n → colera m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cholera

(ˈkolərə) noun

a highly infectious, often fatal disease occurring in hot countries.

chol·er·a

n. cólera, enfermedad infecciosa grave caracterizada por diarrea severa y vómitos;

___ fulminans → ___ fulminante.

cholera

n cólera m

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The cholera had broken out in its most fatal form and people were dying like flies.

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They fumigated us to guard themselves against the cholera, though we hailed from no infected port.

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He is preparing a new ward in case of the cholera coming to us."

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I say this continual smoking must have been one cause, at least, of his peculiar disposition; for every one knows that this earthly air, whether ashore or afloat, is terribly infected with the nameless miseries of the numberless mortals who have died exhaling it; and as in time of the cholera, some people go about with a camphorated handkerchief to their mouths; so, likewise, against all mortal tribulations, Stubb's tobacco smoke might have operated as a sort of disinfecting agent.

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DURING the dread reign of the Cholera in New York, I had accepted the invitation of a relative to spend a fortnight with him in the retirement of his cottage ornee on the banks of the Hudson.

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Something always comes along, cholera duty in India and things like that.

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The horror of cholera was then in the land; and we heard in the stage- office that a man lay dead of it in the hotel overhead.

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My father was a well man only four hours before he died;--it was one of the first cholera cases in New Orleans.

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We have very many soldiers in camp near my village, and the cholera break out in that camp, and the men die like flies.

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The devil, switching his hoofs, up and says, "I want John." "What for?" says the old governor, "What business is that of yours," says the devil, getting mad, --"I want to use him." "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.

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Danglars by the unexpected appearance of the brigade of soldiers, and by the disclosure which had followed, the mansion was deserted with as much rapidity as if a case of plague or of cholera morbus had broken out among the guests.

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Hardly a week after his decease, one of the Cunard steamers brought intelligence of the death, by cholera, of Judge Pyncheon's son, just at the point of embarkation for his native land.

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