'Cholera' definitions:
Definition of 'cholera'
From: WordNet
noun
An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera]
Definition of 'Cholera'
From: GCIDE
- Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster]
- Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever.
- Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
- Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities.
- Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
- Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
- Hog cholera. See under Hog.
- Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cholera'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute articular rheumatism,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- anthrax,
- Asiatic cholera,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- black death,
- black fever,
- blackwater fever,
- breakbone fever,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- cachectic fever,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- Chagres fever,
- chicken pox,
- cowpox,
- dandy fever,
- deer fly fever,
- dengue,
- dengue fever,
- diphtheria,
- dumdum fever,
- dysentery,
- elephantiasis,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- enteric fever,
- erysipelas,
- famine fever,
- five-day fever,
- flu,
- frambesia,
- German measles,
- glandular fever,
- grippe,
- hansenosis,
- Haverhill fever,
- hepatitis,
- herpes,
- herpes simplex,
- herpes zoster,
- histoplasmosis,
- hookworm,
- hydrophobia,
- infantile paralysis,
- infectious mononucleosis,
- inflammatory rheumatism,
- influenza,
- jail fever,
- jungle rot,
- kala azar,
- kissing disease,
- lepra,
- leprosy,
- leptospirosis,
- loa loa,
- loaiasis,
- lockjaw,
- madness,
- malaria,
- malarial fever,
- marsh fever,
- measles,
- meningitis,
- milzbrand,
- mumps,
- ornithosis,
- osteomyelitis,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parotitis,
- parrot fever,
- pertussis,
- pneumonia,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyarthritis rheumatism,
- ponos,
- psittacosis,
- rabbit fever,
- rabies,
- rat-bite fever,
- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rickettsialpox,
- ringworm,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
- septic sore throat,
- shingles,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepy sickness,
- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- strep throat,
- swamp fever,
- tetanus,
- thrush,
- tinea,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- vaccinia,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- viral dysentery,
- whooping cough,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster