cholera infantum

American  

[in-fan-tuhm] / ɪnˈfæn təm /

noun

Pathology.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of cholera infantum

1820–30, < New Latin: cholera of infants

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cholera infantum

Mrs. Jocelyn soon became convinced from the mother's account that the child's disease was cholera infantum, and some previous experience with her own children taught her just what to do.

From Without a Home by Roe, Edward Payson

The great mortality of cholera infantum renders it one of the most interesting diseases, which come under the notice of the physician.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Excessive heat, with improper food, often brought on cholera infantum, from which the infants sometimes died rapidly and in considerable numbers.

From Thirty Years a Slave by Hughes, Louis

In other acute bowel complaints with profuse diarrhoea they are acid, as in cholera infantum, but in epidemic cholera they are alkaline, because they consist chiefly of the water of the blood.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In due time various diseases such as rickets, swollen glands, formerly called scrofulous, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, pimples, eczema and cholera infantum, make their appearance.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.