cholera infantum

1. 1.

   often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms

   Broadergastroenteritis

Questions about cholera infantum

What does cholera infantum mean?

cholera infantum means "often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms".

Is cholera infantum a common word?

cholera infantum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.