CHOLERA


Meaning of CHOLERA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-lə-rə ]

noun

Etymology: Latin

Date: 1601

: any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms ; especially : an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus ( Vibrio cholerae syn. V. comma ) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine

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