cholera

cholera
[ˈkɒlərə]
noun
  1. [mass noun]an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea. . See vibrio
    霍乱。 见 vibrio
  2. The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. See vibrio
    该疾病由霍乱弧菌引起 见 vibrio
语源
  1. late Middle English (originally denoting bile and later applied to various ailments involving vomiting and diarrhoea): from Latin (see choler). The current sense dates from the early 19th cent
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