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choler
(mass) | choler
- zlosť |
choler
(encz) | choler,vztek n: Zdeněk Brož |
choler
(encz) | choler,zlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Choler
(gcide) | Choler \Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[`e]re anger, L. cholera
a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. ? cholera, fr. ?, cholh`, bile.
See Gall, and cf. Cholera.]
1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of
irascibility. [Obs.]
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His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was
sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his
motion was slow. --I. Warton.
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2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.
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He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.
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choler
(wn) | choler
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler]
2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real
or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire]
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver
and to cause irritability and anger [syn: yellow bile,
choler] |
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choler
(mass) | choler
- zlosť |
choler
(encz) | choler,vztek n: Zdeněk Brožcholer,zlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
cholera
(encz) | cholera,cholera n: Zdeněk Brož |
cholera infantum
(encz) | cholera infantum, n: |
cholera morbus
(encz) | cholera morbus, n: |
choleraic
(encz) | choleraic,cholerový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
choleric
(encz) | choleric,cholerický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
epidemic cholera
(encz) | epidemic cholera, n: |
fowl cholera
(encz) | fowl cholera, n: |
hog cholera
(encz) | hog cholera, n: |
cholera
(czen) | cholera,choleran: Zdeněk Brož |
cholerický
(czen) | cholerický,cholericadj: Zdeněk Brož |
cholerik
(czen) | cholerik,a hotheadn: Zdeněk Brož |
cholerový
(czen) | cholerový,choleraicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Algid cholera
(gcide) | Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
skin.
[AS]
Algid cholera (Med.),
(a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
(also called Asiatic cholera, caused by {Vibrio
cholerae}); it is marked by three stages that succeed
each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
Patients usually die at the second stage of the
disease.
(b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
specific intestinal afflictions.
[AS] |
Asiatic cholera
(gcide) | Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
skin.
[AS]
Algid cholera (Med.),
(a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
(also called Asiatic cholera, caused by {Vibrio
cholerae}); it is marked by three stages that succeed
each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
Patients usually die at the second stage of the
disease.
(b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
specific intestinal afflictions.
[AS]Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Chicken cholera
(gcide) | Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock;
akin to LG. kiken, k["u]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G.
k["u]chkein. See Cock the animal.]
1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
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2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden;
same as spring chicken. "Stella is no chicken." --Swift.
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Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so
called because first studied during the prevalence of a
cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true
cholera.
[1913 Webster]Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Cholera
(gcide) | Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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cholera bacillus
(gcide) | Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. Capon.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
a sentence, written or printed.
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2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
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Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
bacillus}.
Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
side of the wings.
[1913 Webster]Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Cholera bacillus
(gcide) | Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ?
clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. Capon.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of
a sentence, written or printed.
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2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major
and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
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Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped
like a comma, found in the intestines of patients
suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having
a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera
bacillus}.
Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly ({Grapta
comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under
side of the wings.
[1913 Webster]Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Cholera infantum
(gcide) | Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Cholera morbus
(gcide) | Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Choleraic
(gcide) | Choleraic \Chol`er*a"ic\, a.
Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.
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Choleric
(gcide) | Choleric \Chol"er*ic\, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
chol['e]rique.]
1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. --Dryden.
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2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
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3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric
speech." --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.
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choleric irascible hotheaded hot-headed hot-tempered quick-tempered short-tempered
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Choleric temperament
(gcide) | Choleric \Chol"er*ic\, a. [L. cholericus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
chol['e]rique.]
1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. --Dryden.
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2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.
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3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric
speech." --Sir W. Raleigh.
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Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.
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Cholericly
(gcide) | Cholericly \Chol"er*ic*ly\, adv.
In a choleric manner; angrily.
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Choleriform
(gcide) | Choleriform \Chol"er*i*form`\, a. [Cholera + -form.]
Resembling cholera.
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Cholerine
(gcide) | Cholerine \Chol"er*ine\, n. (Med.)
(a) The precursory symptoms of cholera.
(b) The first stage of epidemic cholera.
(c) A mild form of cholera.
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Choleroid
(gcide) | Choleroid \Chol"er*oid\, a. [Cholera + -oid.]
Choleriform.
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Hog cholera
(gcide) | Hog \Hog\ (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and
meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow,
Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and
Hoggerel.]
1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera
of Suid[ae]; esp., the domesticated varieties of {Sus
scrofa}, kept for their fat and meat, called,
respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker;
specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
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Note: The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern
Europe, are thought to have been derived from {Sus
Indicus}.
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2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. [Low.]
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3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]
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4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a
ship's bottom under water. --Totten.
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5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp
of which paper is made.
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Bush hog, Ground hog, etc.. See under Bush, Ground,
etc.
Hog caterpillar (Zool.), the larva of the green grapevine
sphinx; -- so called because the head and first three
segments are much smaller than those behind them, so as to
make a resemblance to a hog's snout. See Hawk moth.
Hog cholera, an epidemic contagious fever of swine,
attended by liquid, fetid, diarrhea, and by the appearance
on the skin and mucous membrane of spots and patches of a
scarlet, purple, or black color. It is fatal in from one
to six days, or ends in a slow, uncertain recovery. --Law
(Farmer's Veter. Adviser.)
Hog deer (Zool.), the axis deer.
Hog gum (Bot.), West Indian tree (Symphonia globulifera),
yielding an aromatic gum.
Hog of wool, the trade name for the fleece or wool of sheep
of the second year.
Hog peanut (Bot.), a kind of earth pea.
Hog plum (Bot.), a tropical tree, of the genus Spondias
(Spondias lutea), with fruit somewhat resembling plums,
but chiefly eaten by hogs. It is found in the West Indies.
Hog's bean (Bot.), the plant henbane.
Hog's bread.(Bot.) See Sow bread.
Hog's fennel. (Bot.) See under Fennel.
Mexican hog (Zool.), the peccary.
Water hog. (Zool.) See Capybara.
[1913 Webster]Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Salmonella cholerae-suis
(gcide) | Salmonella \Sal`mo*nel"la\, prop. n. [After Daniel E. Salmon, a
U. S. pathologist (1850-1914).]
A genus of gram-negative bacteria that may be motile or
non-motile; they are typically rod-shaped and may be aerobic
or facultatively aerobic. They may be pathogenic for humans
and other animals. Their metabolism is fermentative, and they
produce acid and usually gas from glucose, but they do not
metabolize lactose. The type species is {Salmonella
cholerae-suis}, which is found in pigs. Other species,
pathogenic in man, are Salmonella typhi ({Salmonella
typhosa}), Salmonella typhimurium, and {Salmonella
schotmulleri}, whih cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, and
enteric fever, respectively. --Stedman.
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Sporadic cholera
(gcide) | Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
reaction of fever.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
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Uncholeric
(gcide) | Uncholeric \Uncholeric\
See choleric. |
Vibrio cholerae
(gcide) | Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
skin.
[AS]
Algid cholera (Med.),
(a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
(also called Asiatic cholera, caused by {Vibrio
cholerae}); it is marked by three stages that succeed
each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
Patients usually die at the second stage of the
disease.
(b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
specific intestinal afflictions.
[AS] |
asiatic cholera
(wn) | Asiatic cholera
n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of
contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, {Asiatic
cholera}, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera] |
choler
(wn) | choler
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability,
crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler]
2: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real
or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire]
3: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver
and to cause irritability and anger [syn: yellow bile,
choler] |
cholera
(wn) | cholera
n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of
contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, {Asiatic
cholera}, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera] |
cholera infantum
(wn) | cholera infantum
n 1: often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children;
not true cholera but having similar symptoms |
cholera morbus
(wn) | cholera morbus
n 1: severe gastroenteritis of unknown etiology; characterized
by severe colic and vomiting and diarrhea [syn: {cholera
morbus}, collywobbles] |
choleraic
(wn) | choleraic
adj 1: relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera |
choleric
(wn) | choleric
adj 1: easily moved to anger; "men of the choleric type take to
kicking and smashing"- H.G.Wells
2: quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn:
choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, {quick-
tempered}, short-tempered]
3: characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible
response" [syn: choleric, irascible] |
epidemic cholera
(wn) | epidemic cholera
n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of
contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, {Asiatic
cholera}, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera] |
fowl cholera
(wn) | fowl cholera
n 1: an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused
by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia |
hog cholera
(wn) | hog cholera
n 1: highly infectious virus disease of swine |
indian cholera
(wn) | Indian cholera
n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of
contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, {Asiatic
cholera}, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera] |
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