: any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms
especially
: an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus (Vibrio cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal (see proximal sense 2) part of the human small intestine
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More soldiers were dying of cholera and other infectious diseases than of battle wounds.
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Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Their island idyll is cut short by tragedy, which coincides with a cholera outbreak in the city.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
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Melissa Pritchard, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2024
Their island idyll is cut short by tragedy, which coincides with a cholera outbreak in the city.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
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cholera
noun
chol·era
ˈkäl-ə-rə 
: any of several diseases usually marked by severe vomiting and diarrhea
Medical Definition
cholera
noun
chol·era
ˈkäl-ə-rə
: any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms: as
a
: an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by various strains of a comma-shaped gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio (V. cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine see asiatic cholera
b
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