cholera

Converse of object

• plague: These include plague, cholera, diphtheria, yellow fever, dengue and TB.
• catch: At least half of those who caught cholera died.
• cause: At the time doctors were not sure exactly what caused cholera.
• include: This can lead to all kinds of diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera.
• get: Sheets soaked with chloride of lime were hung at the windows of the House of Commons to prevent MPs getting cholera.
• have: She has asthma and in 1955 had cholera which delayed growth.

Preposition: in

• city: In the summer of 1849, there was a major outbreak of cholera in the city.
• century: The site provides an interesting insight into the work of John Snow and the history of cholera in nineteenth century London.
• area: He then went on to compare the death rates from cholera in the two areas.

Adjective modifier

• Asiatic: An epidemic of Asiatic cholera claimed over 4,000 lives.
• English: The death certificate gave the cause of death as English cholera and her age as 27.

Modifies a noun

• epidemic: The kids died of a cholera epidemic which swept through the town.
• toxin: The exposure caused greater antibody production than did cholera toxin.
• outbreak: They also suffered badly from a cholera outbreak in 1849.
• vaccination: The appropriateness of cholera vaccination apart from the above is a matter for the individual to discuss with their doctor.
• vaccine: One example is a banana with the genes to produce cholera vaccine.
• bacterium: Leaving the cholera bacteria in the open must have weakened them in some way.

Noun used with modifier

• fowl: Artificial insemination spreads fowl cholera, a major bacterial disease of intensively reared turkeys.
• chicken: No, the Australians didn't believe the chicken cholera would work.
• disease: But there was worse to come, that dreaded disease cholera broke out in the camp.