an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea, cramp, etc: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
Also called: Asiatic cholera, epidemic cholera, Indian cholera
Derived forms
choleroid (ˈcholeˌroid)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Latin, from Greek kholera jaundice, from kholē bile
Examples of 'epidemic cholera' in a sentence
epidemic cholera
There is a serious threat of yet more epidemic cholera and other disease as a result of the failure to protect water supplies.