cholera
IPA: kˈɑɫɝʌ
noun
- (pathology) 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.
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Examples of "cholera" in Sentences
- The result was the spread of cholera.
- The last cholera epidemic was particularly virulent.
- The disease Cholera figures prominently in the plot.
- In 1833 it was the only pueblo to escape the cholera epidemic.
- The most dreaded of the diseases brought by poverty was cholera.
- In the summer of 1873 the town was devastated by an epidemic of cholera.
- A cholera epidemic severely reduced the manpower of the American forces.
- During the cholera epidemic in 1836 she worked in the hospital in Brescia.
- It was to combat all of the cholera epidemics and filthy living conditions.
- The population of Santa Maria decreased in 1820 due to the cholera epidemic.
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