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cholera infantum
[ in-fan-tuhm ]
noun
, Pathology.
- an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cholera infantum1
1820–30, Americanism; < New Latin: cholera of infants
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Example Sentences
I never said I was sick or had the cholera infantum or anything of that sort.
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Acute indigestion is, as a general rule, the forerunner of cholera infantum.
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Cholera infantum is one of the most dangerous, one of the most treacherous, and one of the quickest acting diseases of childhood.
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An infallible cure for cholera infantum, or summer complaints of children, and for all bowel complaints.
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They are a very useful remedy in cholera infantum, or the summer bowel complaint in children.
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