: any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms
especially
: an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus (Vibrio cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal (see proximal sense 2) part of the human small intestine
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In 2023, over 42 million people in 73 countries were reached with emergency water services, helping to prevent outbreaks of cholera and other waterborne diseases.
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Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The New York Times identified more than thirty medical-trial programs that had been stopped, including malaria treatment for young children in Mozambique, cholera treatment in Bangladesh, and screening for cervical cancer in Malawi.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Despite such fears, barring isolated episodes of cholera – the last one being in 1906, attributed to pilgrims drinking water from polluted pools – there has been little evidence of a major epidemic at the Kumbh in recorded history.
—Sudipta Sen, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Today, the agency works in more than 150 locations around the world, leads efforts to expand universal health coverage and directs the international response to health emergencies, from yellow fever to cholera and Ebola.
—Eve Brennan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The New York Times identified more than thirty medical-trial programs that had been stopped, including malaria treatment for young children in Mozambique, cholera treatment in Bangladesh, and screening for cervical cancer in Malawi.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
Despite such fears, barring isolated episodes of cholera – the last one being in 1906, attributed to pilgrims drinking water from polluted pools – there has been little evidence of a major epidemic at the Kumbh in recorded history.
—Sudipta Sen, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Today, the agency works in more than 150 locations around the world, leads efforts to expand universal health coverage and directs the international response to health emergencies, from yellow fever to cholera and Ebola.
—Eve Brennan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Cholera.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cholera. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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cholera
noun
chol·era
ˈkäl-ə-rə 
: any of several diseases usually marked by severe vomiting and diarrhea
Medical Definition
cholera
noun
chol·era
ˈkäl-ə-rə
: any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms: as
a
: an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by various strains of a comma-shaped gram-negative bacterium of the genus Vibrio (V. cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine see asiatic cholera
b
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