cholera
/ˈkɒlərə/noun
mass noun
1- an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhoea霍乱。
1.1
- The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. See VIBRIO.该疾病由霍乱弧菌引起。见VIBRIO.
词源
late Middle English (originally denoting bile and later applied to various ailments involving vomiting and diarrhoea)： from Latin （see CHOLER）. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.