cholera
/kˈɑlɝʌ/noun3 syllables
Cholera means: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.
Synonyms for cholera3
noun, as in an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera
What does cholera mean?1
noun
1
an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cholera in a sentence
- When we get there, we'll all probably die of cholera.Eccles17
- There has been another case of cholera in the neighborhood.Zifre
- Two hundred people died of cholera last year.CM
- There have been many cases of cholera this year.CM
- Tchaikovsky's mother died from cholera when he was fourteen.Hybrid
- Do you know what plants are used to cure cholera?LeeSooHa
- Plague, bilharziasis and cholera are very common in Algeria.Igider
- The number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen has now reached half a million.Hybrid
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Forms of cholera
as a noun
- plural
- cholerae