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Webster 1913 Edition
Cholera
Chol′er-a
,Noun.
[L., a bilious disease. See
Choler
.] (Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
Asiatic cholera
, 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.
– Cholera bacillus
. See
– Comma bacillus
. Cholera infantum
, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities.
– Cholera morbus
, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
– Chicken cholera
. See under
– Chicken
. Hog cholera
. See under
– Hog
. Sporadic cholera
, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic.
Definition 2024
Cholera
cholera
cholera
English
Noun
cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)
- (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
- 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'
- 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus
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Translations
infectious disease
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxoː.lə.ˌraː/
Noun
cholera f, m (uncountable)
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰo.le.ra/, [ˈkʰɔ.ɫɛ.ra]
Noun
cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cholera | cholerae |
| genitive | cholerae | cholerārum |
| dative | cholerae | cholerīs |
| accusative | choleram | cholerās |
| ablative | cholerā | cholerīs |
| vocative | cholera | cholerae |
Descendants
References
- cholera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- CHOLERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cholera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɔˈlɛra/
Noun
cholera f
Declension
declension of cholera
Interjection
cholera!
- damn!