different between dysentery vs cholera

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissenterie, from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (dusentería), from ???- (dus-, “bad”) + ?????? (éntera, “bowels”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s?n?t??i/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s?nt??i/, /?d?s?nt?i/

Noun

dysentery (countable and uncountable, plural dysenteries)

1. (pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high volume of diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.
2. Diarrhea

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• shigellosis

English

Etymology

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kholéra, “cholera”). Doublet of choler.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?l???/
• Hyphenation: chol?e?ra

Noun

cholera (countable and uncountable, plural choleras)

1. (pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.
   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Stolen Bacillus

     'This again,' said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, 'is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera - the cholera germ.'

Derived terms

Related terms

• choler

Translations

See also

• gastroenteritis

Anagrams

• Laroche, achelor, chorale, choreal

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?xol?ra]
• Hyphenation: cho?le?ra

Noun

cholera f

1. cholera

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xo?.l??ra?/
• Hyphenation: cho?le?ra

Noun

cholera f or m (uncountable)

1. cholera

Related terms

• klere
• kolere

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kholéra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?k?o.le.ra/, [?k??????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ko.le.ra/, [?k??l???]

Noun

cholera f (genitive cholerae); first declension

1. cholera

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: còlera
• English: cholera
• French: colère, choléra
• Russian: ??????? (xoléra)
• Spanish: cólera

References

• cholera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cholera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cholera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kholéra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x??l?.ra/

Noun

cholera f

1. (pathology) cholera

Declension

Interjection

cholera

1. damn!

Derived terms

• (noun) cholerstwo
• (adjective) cholerny

Related terms

• (adverb) cholernie

Further reading

• cholera in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• cholera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek ???? (khol?, “bile”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?x?l?ra/

Noun

cholera f (genitive singular cholery, nominative plural cholery, genitive plural cholier, declension pattern of žena)

1. cholera

Declension

Derived terms

• cholerový

Further reading

• cholera in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk