choleranoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkɒl.ər.ə/us/ˈkɑː.lɚ.ə/a serious infection of the bowels caused by drinking infected water or eating infected food, causing diarrhoea, vomiting, and often death
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Digestive disorders
- achalasia
- acid reflux
- amebic dysentery
- amoebic dysentery
- bellyache
- bilious
- bloat
- bowel incontinence
- colic
- dyspeptic
- gastritis
- heartburn
- ileitis
- incontinence
- irritable bowel syndrome
- merycism
- mesenteric ischaemia
- mesenteric panniculitis
- occlusion
- upset
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