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cholera

chol·er·a [ kóllərə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
acute intestinal disease: an acute and often fatal intestinal disease that produces severe gastrointestinal symptoms and is usually caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae

[14th century. Via Latin, "illness caused by bile" < Greek kholera< kholē "bile"]

chol·e·ra·ic [ kòllə ráy ik ] adjective
chol·e·roid [ kóllə ròyd ] adjective
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