Cholera Definition

kŏlər-ə
cholerae
noun
Any of various intestinal diseases; specif., an acute, severe, infectious disease (Asiatic cholera) common in Asia, caused by bacteria (Vibrio cholerae) and characterized by profuse diarrhea, intestinal pain, and dehydration.
Webster's New World
Any of various diseases of domesticated animals, such as chickens, turkeys, or hogs, marked by severe gastroenteritis.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • asiatic cholera
  • epidemic cholera
  • Indian cholera

Origin of Cholera

  • From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholē, “bile”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cholera, jaundice choler

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cholera Sentence Examples

  • In 1879 a vaccine for cholera was invented.

  • Meanwhile there had been a frightful earthquake in 1822, and a visitation of cholera in the following year.

  • Of these 32,000 perished during the Serbian retreat or died of fever or cholera.

  • In 1902 Palestine was devastated by a severe epidemic of cholera.

  • The first disease investigated by Pasteur was that of chicken cholera, an epidemic which destroyed io% of the French fowls; after the application of the preventive method the death-rate was reduced to below i %.

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