cholera

Definitions


[ˈkɒl(ə)rə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea


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Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting bile and later applied to various ailments involving vomiting and diarrhoea): from Latin (see choler). The current sense dates from the early 19th century




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