cholera
Other forms: choleras
Cholera is a contagious disease that affects the small intestine. In places without safe, clean drinking water, cholera is common and can be deadly, especially for children.
This infectious disease is caused by bacteria found in dirty water or food cooked in unsanitary conditions. Around the world, about five million people get cholera each year, mainly in countries that can't afford modern sanitation. Cholera kills about 150,000 annually, many of them very young children. The root of cholera means "bile;" in ancient Greek medicine, choler was one of the four humors and considered to be the cause of "irascibility or temper."
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an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or foodsynonyms: Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic choleratype of:infectious diseasea disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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