epidemic of cholera

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• Cholera — Classification and external resources Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae ICD 10 A …   Wikipedia

• Cholera outbreaks and pandemics — Hand bill from the New York City Board of Health, 1832. The outdated public health advice demonstrates the lack of understanding of the disease and its actual causative factors. It is estimated that cholera affects 3 5 million people… …   Wikipedia

• cholera — choleraic /kol euh ray ik/, adj. /kol euhr euh/, n. 1. Also called Asiatic cholera. Pathol. an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc. 2 …   Universalium

• epidemic — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ major ▪ global, national, worldwide ▪ growing ▪ deadly, devastating …   Collocations dictionary

• epidemic — n. 1) to touch off, trigger an epidemic 2) to contain, control an epidemic 3) an epidemic breaks out; spreads 4) a cholera; flu; measles; typhoid; typhus epidemic * * * [ˌepɪ demɪk] control an epidemic flu measles spreads trigger an epidemic …   Combinatory dictionary

• epidemic — ep|i|dem|ic [ˌepıˈdemık] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: épidémique, from Greek epidemos visiting ] 1.) a large number of cases of a disease that happen at the same time →↑pandemic ▪ Over 500 people died during last year s flu epidemic.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• epidemic, endemic — Endemic means peculiar to a given country or people ; in medicine, the term is applied to a disease characteristic of, or confined to, a particular locality: Malaria is endemic in certain warm, humid countries. Epidemic, much more often used,… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• Cholera Hospital — was established on June 24, 1854, at Franklin Street in New York City.[1] The institution was built to treat cholera patients who were denied admittance to City Hospital in Manhattan (New York) during an onset of the disease in the summer of 1854 …   Wikipedia

• Cholera — Chol er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster] {Asiatic cholera}, a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cholera bacillus — Cholera Chol er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster] {Asiatic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cholera infantum — Cholera Chol er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. [1913 Webster] {Asiatic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English