Definitions of Cholera [ˈkɒl ər ə]

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Definition of 'Cholera'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cholera
a severe contagious infection of the small intestine characterized by profuse diarrhea and dehydration, caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria, and commonly transmitted via contaminated drinking water.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L < Gk choléra name of several intestinal diseases)

Definition of 'Cholera'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

Definition of 'Cholera'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Cholera
one of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera

Definition of 'Cholera'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Cholera
An acute diarrheal disease endemic in India and Southeast Asia whose causative agent is VIBRIO CHOLERAE. This condition can lead to severe dehydration in a matter of hours unless quickly treated.

Translation of 'Cholera'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a highly infectious, often fatal disease occurring in hot countries.
Afrikaans: cholera	Arabic: مَرَض الكوليرا	Bulgarian: холера
Brazilian: cólera	Czech: cholera	German: die Cholera
Danish: kolera	Greek: χολέρα	Spanish: cólera
Estonian: koolera	Farsi: وبا	Finnish: kolera
French: choléra	Hebrew: כּוֹלֵירָה	Hindi: .हैजा
Croatian: kolera	Hungarian: kolera	Indonesian: kolera
Icelandic: kólera	Italian: colera	Japanese: コレラ
Korean: 콜레라	Lithuanian: cholera	Latvian: holera
Malay: kolera	Dutch: cholera	Norwegian: kolera
Polish: cholera	Persian: وبا	Pashto: كولرا (يو ډول وژونكيى سار
Portuguese: cólera	Romanian: holeră	Russian: холера
Slovak: cholera	Slovenian: kolera	Serbian: kolera
Swedish: kolera	Thai: อหิวาตกโรค	Turkish: kolera
Taiwanese: 霍亂	Ukrainian: холера	Urdu: ہیضہ
Vietnamese: bệnh tả	Chinese: 霍乱
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