Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by 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
a disease from an intestinal infection caused by contaminated water or food The symptoms are watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps, and severe dehydration
A highly dangerous and infectious disease caused by cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholera) which is transmitted through infected food and water It causes a profuse, painless, watery diarrhea resulting in dehydration, weakness and death
Cholera is a serious disease that often kills people. It is caused by drinking infected water or by eating infected food. a cholera epidemic. a serious disease that causes sickness and sometimes death. It is caused by eating infected food or drinking infected water (; CHOLER). Acute bacterial infection with Vibrio cholerae, causing massive diarrhea with severe depletion of body fluids and salts. (See bacterial disease.) Cholera often occurs in epidemics, spreading in contaminated water or food. The bacteria secrete a toxin that causes the diarrhea, which along with vomiting leads to dehydration, with severe muscle cramps and intense thirst. Stupor and coma may precede death by shock. With fluid and salt replacement, the disease passes in two to seven days, sooner if antibiotics are taken the first day. Prevention requires good sanitation, especially clean drinking water
an often fatal bacterial disease causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea, spread by contaminated water combustible - able to burn convection - the transferring of heat in a liquid of gas, due to lighter parts rising and denser parts sinking coup - a sudden effective move crater - a large hole or depression cumulonimbus cloud - a towering, dark mass of cumulus cloud associated with thunder and lightning
"Cholera" XE "Cholera" \b is a bacterial infection of the intestine that transmitted by food and water and produces symptoms that include profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and leg cramps Cholera is found primarily in poorer parts of Africa, South America, Central America, Southeast Asia, parts of Eastern Europe, and the Indian subcontinent
A very dangerous disease (characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and dehydration) spread by feces-contaminated drinking water Major epidemics during the 19th century killed hundreds of thousands of people