Meaning of Cholera | Babel Free
ˈkɒləɹəDefinitions
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.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
vəba
Беларуская
халера
Български
холера
Català
colera
Čeština
cholera
Dansk
kolera
Deutsch
Cholera
Ελληνικά
χολέρα
Esperanto
ĥolero
Español
cólera
Euskara
kolera
فارسی
وبا
Suomi
kolera
ગુજરાતી
કોગળિયું
עברית
כולרה
Magyar
kolera
Հայերեն
խոլերա
Bahasa Indonesia
kolera
Íslenska
kólera
Italiano
colera
日本語
コレラ
ქართული
ქოლერა
Қазақша
тырысқақ
ខ្មែរ
អាសន្នរោគ
한국어
콜레라
Latviešu
holera
Nederlands
cholera
Português
cólera
Română
holeră
Русский
холера
Svenska
kolera
Kiswahili
kipindupindu
ไทย
อหิวาต์
Tagalog
kolera
Türkçe
veba
Українська
холера
اردو
ہَیضَہ
Oʻzbekcha
vabo
Tiếng Việt
dịch tả
Examples
“'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'”
“At that time, the city [Christiania, now Oslo] was in the grip of a cholera epidemic, and victims were dying at the rate of 60 a day. Bradshaw contracted the disease, and died on September 6 [1853].”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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