| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.[Wordnet]. | |
| Expression | 1. 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.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Common Expressions: Asiatic cholera
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Asiatic cholera | 1: 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
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