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Cholera morbus   Listen
Cholera morbus

noun
1.
Severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea.  Synonym: collywobbles.






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"Cholera morbus" Quotes from Famous Books



... quite confidential in a dour Scotch fashion. It has become his habit, when homeward bound after his professional calls, to chug up to our door about four in the afternoon, and make the rounds of the house to make sure that we are not developing cholera morbus or infanticide or anything catching, and then present himself at four-thirty at my library door to ...
— Dear Enemy • Jean Webster

... good for dyspepsia, Bacchus," said Mr. Weston, "but it sometimes gives old people cholera morbus, when they eat it raw; so I advise you to remember last year's experience, and roast it before you ...
— Aunt Phillis's Cabin - Or, Southern Life As It Is • Mary H. Eastman



Words linked to "Cholera morbus" :   stomach flu, intestinal flu, gastroenteritis, collywobbles



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