cholera
chol·era
noun \ˈkä-lə-rə\Definition of CHOLERA
: 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 syn. V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine
Origin of CHOLERA
Latin
First Known Use: 1601
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