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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food;
[syn: cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide.] 1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold skin. [AS] Algid cholera (Med.), (a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera (also called Asiatic cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae); it is marked by three stages that succeed each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever. Patients usually die at the second stage of the disease. (b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera that has entered the second stage of the disease. In the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less specific intestinal afflictions. [AS]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster] Asiatic cholera, 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. Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus. Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. Chicken cholera. See under Chicken. Hog cholera. See under Hog. Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Asiatic cholera n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera]