cholera en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈkɒləɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɑləɹə/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of 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.
At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].
1950 January, “Notes and News: George Bradshaw's Grave”, in Railway Magazine, pages 61–62:'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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| choleras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
choleriform · epidemic cholera · chicken cholera · cholerigenous · fowl cholera · cholera morbus · anticholera · hog cholera · British cholera · cholera horn · cholerization · Asiatic cholera · cholerized · choleraic · noncholera · choleroid · cholera infantum · English cholera · Indian cholera · choleralike
Descendants
Relateds
choleraic · dysentery · waterborne · choleralike · foodborne · sanitation · enteritis · gastroenteritis · choleric · handwashing · hygiene · choler
Translations (88)
cy geri (infectious disease) · th อหิวาต์ (infectious disease) · hil kolera (infectious disease) · az vəba (infectious disease) · bew kelèra (infectious disease) · ceb kolera (infectious disease) · ms penyakit taun (infectious disease) · be хале́ра (infectious disease) · tpi kolera (infectious disease) · gd colera (infectious disease) · cmn 霍亂 /霍乱 (infectious disease) · ml ഛർദ്യാതിസാരം (infectious disease) · ca còlera (infectious disease) · eu kolera (infectious disease) · ga calar (infectious disease) · nb kolera (infectious disease) · nn kolera (infectious disease) · yue 霍亂 /霍乱 (infectious disease) · ar هَيْضَة (infectious disease) · hi कॉलरा (infectious disease) · fo kolera (infectious disease) · nl cholera (infectious disease) · bg холе́ра (infectious disease) · da kolera (infectious disease) · az xolera (infectious disease) · ky холера (infectious disease) · hu kolera (infectious disease) · my ကာလဝမ်း (infectious disease) · uz vabo (infectious disease) · he חֳלִירַע (infectious disease) · tg вабо (infectious disease) · pl cholera (infectious disease) · sm kolela (infectious disease) · ar كُولِيرَا (infectious disease) · fi kolera (infectious disease) · tr kolera (infectious disease) · sw kipindupindu (infectious disease) · lv holera (infectious disease) · grc χολέρα (infectious disease) · cy colera (infectious disease) · pt cólera (infectious disease) · eo ĥolero (infectious disease) · sk cholera (infectious disease) · xal оңһадг (infectious disease) · ml വിഷൂചിക (infectious disease) · lt cholera (infectious disease) · cs cholera (infectious disease) · alt холера оору (infectious disease) · ro holeră (infectious disease) · sv kolera (infectious disease) · el χολέρα (infectious disease) · hy խոլերա (infectious disease) · tl kolera (infectious disease) · vi (bệnh) tả (infectious disease) · txb wīcuṣik (infectious disease) · izh haleri (infectious disease) · km អាសន្នរោគ (infectious disease) · yo kọ́lẹ́rà (infectious disease) · cmn 虎列拉 (infectious disease) · mi mate korara (infectious disease) · kk тырысқақ (infectious disease) · gu કોગળિયું (infectious disease) · de Cholera (infectious disease) · it colera (infectious disease) · tr vebâ (infectious disease) · ka ქოლერა (infectious disease) · et koolera (infectious disease) · ja コレラ (infectious disease) · txb iweru (infectious disease) · yo onígbáméjì (infectious disease) · ml കോളറ (infectious disease) · ko 콜레라 (infectious disease) · tt ваба (infectious disease) · es cólera (infectious disease) · hi हैज़ा (infectious disease) · ur ہیضہ (infectious disease) · fr choléra (infectious disease) · uk холе́ра (infectious disease) · fa وبا (infectious disease) · he כּוֹלֶרָה (infectious disease) · ru холе́ра (infectious disease) · alt холера (infectious disease) · ba ваба (infectious disease) · din yäcpou (infectious disease) · is kólera (infectious disease) · my ဝမ်းရောဂါ (infectious disease) · mi korera (infectious disease) · mi korara (infectious disease)