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Epidemic cholera   /ˌɛpədˈɛmɪk kˈɑlərə/   Listen
Epidemic cholera

noun
1.
An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.  Synonyms: Asiatic cholera, cholera, Indian cholera.





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... little necessity for my remaining at Leavenworth, and as I was much run down in health from the Louisiana climate, in which I had been obliged to live continuously for three summers (one of which brought epidemic cholera, and another a scourge of yellow fever), I took a leave of absence for a few months, leaving Colonel A. J. Smith, of the Seventh Cavalry, temporarily ...
— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. II., Part 6 • P. H. Sheridan


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