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"Cholera" Definition
noun
An acute infectious disease of the small intestine, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and characterized by profuse watery diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps, severe dehydration, and depletion of electrolytes. Also called Asiatic cholera.
An acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus ( syn. ) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine.