cholera
noun
an acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and occasionally epidemic elsewhere, characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, etc.
choleras
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pluralof cholera.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It may be but a subconscious after-vibration in our brain cells from the simoons, the choleras, and the pestilences of our tropical origin as a race.
From Preventable Diseases by Woods Hutchinson
They cause much sickness in their season, creating choleras, cramps, and dysenteries.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
I've seen two or three choleras, here and there, and a Black Death and a bubonic plague.
From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by David Christie Murray
Yes; we should surely respect the expressed will and conviction of the most practical of nations, arrived at after the experience of three choleras, stretching over a whole generation.
From Sanitary and Social Lectures, etc by Charles Kingsley
Have seen three choleras, two army fevers, and yellow-jack without end.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Charles Kingsley
