epidemic cholera

1. 1.

   an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

   SynonymscholeraAsiatic choleraIndian cholera

   Broaderinfectious disease

Questions about epidemic cholera

What does epidemic cholera mean?

epidemic cholera means "an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food".

What is another word for epidemic cholera?

Close synonyms include cholera, Asiatic cholera, Indian cholera. 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 epidemic cholera a common word?

epidemic cholera 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.