Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food.
...a cholera epidemic.
cholera in British English
(ˈkɒlərə)
noun
an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea, cramp, etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
Also called: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera
Derived forms
choleroid (ˈcholeˌroid)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Latin, from Greek kholera jaundice, from kholē bile
cholera in American English
(ˈkɑlərə)
noun
any of various intestinal diseases; specif., an acute, severe, infectious disease (Asiatic cholera) common in Asia, caused by bacteria (Vibrio cholerae) and characterized by profuse diarrhea, intestinal pain, and dehydration
Derived forms
choleraic (ˌcholeˈraic) (ˈkɑləˈreɪɪk)
adjective
Word origin
L, jaundice < Gr, cholera, nausea < cholē, gall bile < IE base *ĝhel- > yellow
Examples of 'cholera' in a sentence
cholera
Over the past six years it has also been battling a cholera epidemic that has killed about 9,000 people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The same day a cholera epidemic took hold across the city.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
Experts have warned of the high risk of a cholera epidemic and further monsoon downpours are forecast.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
At the same time there was a cholera epidemic.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All these beds are filled with cholera victims.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Pictures from the cholera epidemic timesonline.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Aids, cholera and other diseases sweep away the chronically malnourished.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The country is beset by a cholera epidemic that has claimed more than 2,100 lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A treatable disease such as cholera should not be endangering thousands of lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Scores of other women lurking on the nearby pavements streamed in to join them, hoisting placards demanding action to end the cholera epidemic.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In the 1850s people realised the connection between sewage in crowded cities and diseases - particularly cholera.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In London, a cholera epidemic sweeps the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He was 25, and had arrived towards the end of a cholera epidemic.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is taking place amid a cholera epidemic and ten months after an earthquake that killed 230,000 people and left 1.3 million homeless.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There was a time, before the introduction of vaccination and effective drugs, when contagious diseases such as cholera could tear through the overcrowded slums.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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In other languages
cholera
British English: cholera NOUN
Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food.
...a cholera epidemic.
American English: cholera
Brazilian Portuguese: cólera
Chinese: 霍乱
European Spanish: cólera
French: choléra
German: Cholera
Italian: colera
Japanese: コレラ
Korean: 콜레라
European Portuguese: cólera
Latin American Spanish: cólera
All related terms of 'cholera'
hog cholera
an infectious viral disease of hogs , characterized by fever, loss of appetite , diarrhea, and frequently by congestion and hemorrhages in the kidneys
fowl cholera
a contagious disease of poultry and other fowl , usually resulting in sudden death; caused by the organism Pasteurella multocida
Asiatic cholera
an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea , cramp , etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
chicken cholera
Veterinary Science See fowl cholera
cholera morbus
→ gastroenteritis
Indian cholera
an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea , cramp , etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
epidemic cholera
an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea , cramp , etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma