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choleras

choleras is the plural of cholera.

Meaning of cholera

Noun

cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

  1. Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
    • 'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus

Questions about choleras

What is choleras the plural of?
Choleras is the plural of cholera.

Words near choleras in the dictionary

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

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