cholera morbus

1. 1.

   severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea

   Synonymscollywobbles

   Broadergastroenteritis

Questions about cholera morbus

What does cholera morbus mean?

cholera morbus means "severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea".

What is another word for cholera morbus?

Close synonyms include collywobbles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cholera morbus a common word?

cholera morbus 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.