CHOLERA


Meaning of CHOLERA in English

n. Med. an infectious and often fatal disease of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, resulting in severe vomiting and diarrhoea. chicken (or fowl) cholera an infectious disease of fowls. choleraic adj.

[ ME f. L f. Gk kholera: see CHOLER ]

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