Asiatic cholera

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. cholera.

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Asiatic cholera British  

noun

1. another name for cholera

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Etymology

Origin of Asiatic cholera

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

As a child, he contracted two grave illnesses sweeping the Indian subcontinent — Asiatic cholera and kala azar, also known as black fever or leishmaniasis.

From Washington Post

He died there of Asiatic cholera in the summer of 1832.

From Project Gutenberg

In English it is generally spoken of as Asiatic cholera.

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The Indian or Asiatic cholera traversed the north, east and south of Europe, and the countries of Asia, and, in two years, prostrated 900,000 victims.

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He had been on public business at Lincoln: and on his return to Horncastle, was seized at our house with Asiatic cholera, a solitary case, which proved fatal.

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