noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
epidemic
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This exercise was carried out by a third year group in a secondary school studying a cholera epidemic .
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The church has held them through fire and cholera epidemics since they arrived here with the compliments of the Bishop of London.
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Reports are coming into the newsroom of a cholera epidemic in a nearby town.
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As already mentioned, Paredes y Arrillaga died in the summer of 1849, and Mariano Otero succumbed to the cholera epidemic .
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The direction of Baker's career was determined by the cholera epidemic of 1831-2.
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She also helped set up a convalescent home for patients from the East End after the cholera epidemic of 1867.
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Opposition sentiment was galvanized by a catastrophic famine and cholera epidemic in 1891-92.
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Sir James Kay Shuttleworth was a successful physician in Manchester during the great cholera epidemic of 1832.
toxin
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The secretory response to cholera toxin developed gradually.
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The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin .
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Such a lack of correlation was also observed by Levin after oral administration of 5 µg purified cholera toxin to healthy volunteers.
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When cholera toxin is used as secretagogue a variable response in stool volume should thus be expected.
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In our experiments the secretory effect of cholera toxin began in the second hour after administration of the toxin.
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Because infection with Vibrio cholerae is an important cause of diarrhoea, we decided to use cholera toxin as intestinal secretagogue.
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This delayed effect of cholera toxin is well known from animal experiments.
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The secretory effect of cholera toxin in our study probably continued for hours as evidenced by the stool output after the experiment.
■ VERB
die
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In 1893, composer Tchaikovsky died of cholera .
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On the third night, Bill died from the cholera .
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The General, unfortunately, died of cholera shortly after but the locomotive survived until the 1960's at Haymarket Shed.
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And what of those who died of typhus and cholera ?
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If they settle in relief camps around the big cities, they will die of cholera and other epidemics.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Asiatic cholera , a new enteric disease, provided the spur to action.
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Does he expect us to be convinced by his words about the prevalence of cholera in the pits?
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Global incidences of cholera , tuberculosis, diphtheria and bubonic plague have all increased significantly in the last five years.
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In 1893, composer Tchaikovsky died of cholera .
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Nor has he provided any evidence to support his belief that cholera is spread in drinking water.
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On the third night, Bill died from the cholera .
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Using narrow-necked water containers to reduce the risk of cholera in homes without running water in cholera-endemic areas.