CHOLERA


Meaning of CHOLERA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

epidemic

This exercise was carried out by a third year group in a secondary school studying a cholera epidemic .

The church has held them through fire and cholera epidemics since they arrived here with the compliments of the Bishop of London.

Reports are coming into the newsroom of a cholera epidemic in a nearby town.

As already mentioned, Paredes y Arrillaga died in the summer of 1849, and Mariano Otero succumbed to the cholera epidemic .

The direction of Baker's career was determined by the cholera epidemic of 1831-2.

She also helped set up a convalescent home for patients from the East End after the cholera epidemic of 1867.

Opposition sentiment was galvanized by a catastrophic famine and cholera epidemic in 1891-92.

Sir James Kay Shuttleworth was a successful physician in Manchester during the great cholera epidemic of 1832.

toxin

The secretory response to cholera toxin developed gradually.

The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin .

Such a lack of correlation was also observed by Levin after oral administration of 5 µg purified cholera toxin to healthy volunteers.

When cholera toxin is used as secretagogue a variable response in stool volume should thus be expected.

In our experiments the secretory effect of cholera toxin began in the second hour after administration of the toxin.

Because infection with Vibrio cholerae is an important cause of diarrhoea, we decided to use cholera toxin as intestinal secretagogue.

This delayed effect of cholera toxin is well known from animal experiments.

The secretory effect of cholera toxin in our study probably continued for hours as evidenced by the stool output after the experiment.

■ VERB

die

In 1893, composer Tchaikovsky died of cholera .

On the third night, Bill died from the cholera .

The General, unfortunately, died of cholera shortly after but the locomotive survived until the 1960's at Haymarket Shed.

And what of those who died of typhus and cholera ?

If they settle in relief camps around the big cities, they will die of cholera and other epidemics.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Asiatic cholera , a new enteric disease, provided the spur to action.

Does he expect us to be convinced by his words about the prevalence of cholera in the pits?

Global incidences of cholera , tuberculosis, diphtheria and bubonic plague have all increased significantly in the last five years.

In 1893, composer Tchaikovsky died of cholera .

Nor has he provided any evidence to support his belief that cholera is spread in drinking water.

On the third night, Bill died from the cholera .

Using narrow-necked water containers to reduce the risk of cholera in homes without running water in cholera-endemic areas.

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