cholera : Idioms & Phrases

• (Med.), Asiatic cholera.

Webster 1913

• noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
  cholera; Asiatic cholera; epidemic cholera.
  

WordNet

• a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever.

Webster 1913

• a contagious disease of fowls; so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

Webster 1913

• . See Comma bacillus.

Webster 1913

• noun often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms
  

WordNet

• a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities.

Webster 1913

• noun severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea
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WordNet

• a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.

Webster 1913

• noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
  cholera; Asiatic cholera; epidemic cholera.
  

WordNet

• noun an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
  

WordNet

• noun highly infectious virus disease of swine
  

WordNet

• an epidemic contagious fever of swine, attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser. )

Webster 1913

• noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
  cholera; Asiatic cholera; epidemic cholera.
  

WordNet

• a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic.

Webster 1913