cholera
nounHow to pronounce cholera:
Definition of cholera:
- cholera (noun):
- an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
- any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms
- an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus (vibrio cholerae synonym v. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal (see proximal sense 2) part of the human small intestine
Synonyms for cholera:
asiatic cholera
epidemic cholera
indian cholera
infectious disease
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