How many syllables in cholera?

There are 3 syllables in the word cholera.

How to pronounce 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

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