choleraicadj.n.
/ˌkɒləˈreɪɪk/, U.S. /ˌkɑləˈreɪɪk/ Medicine.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of cholera, esp. Asiatic or epidemic cholera (see cholera n. 3, 4); affected with cholera.
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1832 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 17 Oct. 161 The occasional eruption of a single case is evidence that the choleraic atmosphere is with us still.
1856 Athenæum 5 July 835 Seized with choleraic symptoms.
1888 T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (ed. 2) I. ix. 371 Mr. Forster was seized with a sudden and violent choleraic attack.
1913 Lancet 19 July 164/2 The symptoms of the certainly choleraic patients were often not classical.
1937 M. T. King Mothercraft (ed. 5) xii. 182 These [sc. thin, watery motions] are common in diarrhœa, being worse in the rare choleraic Summer Diarrhœa, in which there is great danger of collapse.
2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians xiii. 156 At No. 8, a lady had choleraic diarrhoea, but recovered.
B. n.
A person affected with cholera. Now rare.
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1832 W. Fergusson Lett. Cholera Morbus 35 The life of the Choleraic depends upon the instant aid—the able bodied willing aid of affectionate friends, who will devote themselves to the task, and persevere indefatigably to the last.
1885 E. C. Wendt et al. Treat. Asiatic Cholera 236 As Marey tersely expressed it, choleraics even during life-time become cadavers.
1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Sept. 841/1 Hence we see choleraics abandoned in the street.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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