Look up: Cholera

1. cholera
   [n] - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
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2. Cholera
   Water-born plague that swept Britain several times during the 19th century.
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3. cholera
   Disease caused by infection with various strains of the bacillus Vibrio cholerae, transmitted in contaminated water and characterized by violent diarrhoea and vomiting. It is prevalent in many...
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4. cholera
   (Learning Modules / Geography / Geography of health) A water-borne disease caused by a bacterium which leads to severe and often fatal diarrhoea.
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5. Cholera
   (cholera vaccine) Cholera is an infectious disease. You can have a vaccination to protect you against cholera if you are having chemotherapy.
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6. Cholera
   a bacterial infection of the small intestine that causes severe watery diarrhoea, dehydration, and possibly death
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7. Cholera
   An acute, often fatal, infectious disease with profuse diarrhoea, vomiting and cramps. Cholera spreads by consuming water or food contaminated by faeces, especially in overcrowded conditions. Rice water stools was felt to be a distinguishing feature in the past
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8. Cholera
   a diseases of the nervous system, characterised by jerky movements chiefly of the face and extremities. Synonym: Saint Vitus' Dance.
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9. Cholera
   Our Cholera Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Cholera Cholera: A devastating and sometimes lethal disease with intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea leading to dehydration which, unless immediately treated, may be fatal. Cholera was discovered in 188...
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10. Cholera
    Chol'er·a noun [ Latin , a bilious disease. See Choler .] (Medicine) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera . Asiatic...
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11. cholera
    <gastroenterology, microbiology> A form of infectious gastroenteritis (intestinal infection) that results in frequent watery stools, cramping abdominal pain and eventual collapse (from dehydration). ... Epidemic infections are seasonal in most third world countries, particularly Africa. ... (15 Jan 1998) ...
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12. cholera
    Asiatic cholera noun an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
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13. cholera
    (kol´әr-ә) an acute infectious enteritis endemic and epidemic in Asia, caused by Vibrio cholerae, marked by severe diarrhea and vomiting, with extreme fluid and electrolyte depletion, and by muscle cramps and prostration. Sometimes called Asiatic cholera. Asiatic cholera ...
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14. Cholera
    • (n.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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15. cholera
    an acute infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and characterized by extreme diarrhea with rapid and severe ... [14 related articles]
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16. cholera
    cholera 1. An acute infectious disease of the small intestine and characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps, severe dehydration, and depletion of electrolytes. 2. A contagious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, which produces a toxin that alters the water and electrolyte flu...
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17. cholera
    cholera (kol'uru) or Asiatic cholera,acute infectious disease caused by strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae that have been infected by bacteriophages. The bacteria, which are found in fecal-contaminated food and water and in raw or undercooked seafood, produce a toxin that affects the intes...
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18. Cholera
    Cholera is an acute, infectious, often fatal disease caused by the micro organism Vibrio cholerae. It is endemic in India and some other tropical countries and occasionally spreading to temperate climates. The symptoms of cholera are diarrhoea and the loss of water and salts in the stool.
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19. cholera
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kol′er-ă Definitions: 1. An acute epidemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. A soluble toxin elaborated in the intestinal tract by the bacterium activates the adenylate cylase of the mucosa, causing active secretion of an isotonic fluid ...
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20. cholera
    Disease caused by infection with various strains of the bacillus Vibrio cholerae, transmitted in contaminated water and characterized by violent diarrhoea and vomiting. It is prevalent in many tropical areas. The formerly high death rate during epidemics has been much reduced by treatments to prevent dehydration and loss of body ...
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21. cholera
    disease marked by symptoms of thirst, cramps, diarrhea, and death. Brought about by drinking water tainted with human waste. Beginning in the 1830s several epidemics of cholera hit London before sanitary conditions improved in the second half of the century.
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22. cholera
    An infectious bacterial disease, often picked up from infected water. It causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea, and if not treated with modern medicines has a high death rate.
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23. Cholera
    An acute, infectious disease characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. Cholera is spread by feces-contaminated water and food. Major epidemics struck the United States in the years 1832, 1849, and 1866. .
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24. Cholera
    An acute, infectious disease characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. Cholera is spread by feces-contaminated water and food.
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25. Cholera
    Aacute gastro-intestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. It has a short incubation period of one to five days and causes watery diarrhoea leading to severe dehydration and death if treatment is not provided rapidly. Vomiting occurs in most cases. However, less than 10 percent of t...
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