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choleraic

Syllables: cho·le·ra·ic/ˌkɒl.əˈɹeɪ.ɪk/

choleraic adjective: relating to, or resembling, cholera.

Adjective

choleraic (comparative more choleraic, superlative most choleraic)

  1. Relating to, or resembling, cholera.
    Synonyms:
    choleric

Noun

choleraic (plural choleraics)

  1. (archaic) A person suffering from cholera.
    • It will be vain to tell them that hireling attendance has been provided,—the life of the Choleraic depends upon the instant aid—the able bodied willing aid of affectionate friends, who will devote themselves to the task, and persevere indefatigably to the last.1832, William Fergusson, “Postscript”, in Letters upon Cholera Morbus, with Observations upon Contagion, Quarantine, and Disinfecting Fumigations, London: S. Highley, […] Callow and Wilson, […]...
    • Emaciation is therefore speedily developed, and may progress to an extreme degree; as [Étienne-Jules] Marey has tersely expressed it, choleraics even during life-time become cadavers (les cholériques le cadavérisent).1885 May, Edmund Charles Wendt, John C[harles] Peters, Ely McClellan, John B[rown] Hamilton, Geo[rge] M[iller] Sternberg, “The Organs of Circulation”, in A Treatise on Asiatic Cholera (Wood’s Library...
    Synonyms:
    choleric

Synonyms of choleraic

Forms of choleraic

Adjective
comparativemore choleraic
superlativemost choleraic
Noun
pluralcholeraics

Origin of choleraic

From cholera + -ic. Piecewise doublet of choleric.

Words formed from choleraic

Questions about choleraic

What does choleraic mean?
Choleraic means relating to, or resembling, cholera.
What part of speech is choleraic?
Choleraic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce choleraic?
Choleraic is pronounced /ˌkɒl.əˈɹeɪ.ɪk/.

Words near choleraic in the dictionary

  1. cholera
  2. cholera horn
  3. cholera horns
  4. cholera morbus
  5. choleragen
  6. choleraic
  7. choleraics
  8. choleralike
  9. choleras
  10. choleratoxin
  11. choleresis

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