Explore Cholera through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cholera meaning
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.
Synonyms of Cholera
Using Cholera
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: asiatic cholera, indian cholera, epidemic cholera, infectious disease.
- In the example corpus, cholera often appears in combinations such as: of cholera, cholera outbreak, the cholera.
Context around Cholera
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cholera
- In this selection, "cholera" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recent, vibrio, word, outbreak, vaccines and prevention stand out and add context to how "cholera" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an ongoing cholera outbreak declared, and oral cholera vaccines are and cholera outbreak. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cholera" sits close to words such as carlo, cartridges and cliffs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cholera
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aleppo was hit with a cholera outbreak in late 2022. (10 words)
All 29 of Malawi’s administrative districts have recorded cases of cholera. (12 words)
Ask the Municipal Veterinarian Office or Agriculture Office for necessary vaccines like hog cholera vaccines. (15 words)
Cholera was not known in the Americas for most of the 20th century, but it reappeared towards the end of that century. citation History seeAlso The word cholera is from Greek χολέρα main kholera from χολή kholē "bile". (38 words)
In 1854 John Snow determined the source of a cholera outbreak in London by marking points on a map depicting where the cholera victims lived, and connecting the cluster that he found with a nearby water source. (37 words)
According to him, Kogi State Government has taken decisive actions in response to the recent cholera outbreak by unveiling a comprehensive infection prevention tools and reaffirming its dedication to ensuring a cholera-free environment. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Addressing the communities, Sendeza urged communities to take the cholera prevention messages and start taking part by keeping their households and work places clean so that they are not exposed to cholera.
Cholera is a killer but it’s a mystery to me to know how these (Makoko) people are not dying of cholera.
According to him, Kogi State Government has taken decisive actions in response to the recent cholera outbreak by unveiling a comprehensive infection prevention tools and reaffirming its dedication to ensuring a cholera-free environment.
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholera that can kill within hours if left untreated.
Cholera was not known in the Americas for most of the 20th century, but it reappeared towards the end of that century. citation History seeAlso The word cholera is from Greek χολέρα main kholera from χολή kholē "bile".
In 1854 John Snow determined the source of a cholera outbreak in London by marking points on a map depicting where the cholera victims lived, and connecting the cluster that he found with a nearby water source.
Many other serogroups of V. cholerae, with or without the cholera toxin gene (including the nontoxigenic strains of the O1 and O139 serogroups), can cause a cholera-like illness.
Mechanism Drawing of Death bringing cholera, in Le Petit Journal (1912) Emperor Pedro II of Brazil visiting people with cholera in 1855.
Oral inactivated vaccines consisting of toxin antigen and whole cells, i.e. the licensed recombinant cholera B subunit (rCTB)-WC cholera vaccine Dukoral have been developed.
Spread by cholera bacteria in fecal contaminated water, cholera caused massive diarrhea, leading to dehydration and death.
Tchaikovsky's mother died of cholera, David Brown, Early Years, 46. and his father became sick with cholera at this time but made a full recovery.
According to him, the government had put machinery in place to deal with the outbreak of heat-related diseases such as meningitis, cholera, measles, diphtheria and Lassa fever among others.
A combination of surveillance, water, sanitation and hygiene, social mobilisation, treatment, and oral cholera vaccines are used.
Aleppo was hit with a cholera outbreak in late 2022.
All 29 of Malawi’s administrative districts have recorded cases of cholera.
And the destruction and contamination of water resources can lead to an outbreak of diseases like cholera.
And when a child is undernourished, it puts them at significantly higher risk of death from preventable, treatable causes — conditions like cholera or a respiratory virus.
An ongoing cholera outbreak, declared at the end of October 2022, has gripped the refugee camps as well as communities in Garissa and Wajir counties.
A resident, Akinde Raman, noted that the refuse could be a breeding ground for the spread of diseases especially cholera which cases had been recorded in Ogun State.
Ask the Municipal Veterinarian Office or Agriculture Office for necessary vaccines like hog cholera vaccines.
Phrases with cholera
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with cholera
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of cholera 35×
- cholera outbreak 29×
- the cholera 22×
- cholera and 16×
- cholera is 13×
- and cholera 11×
- as cholera 10×
- cholera in 9×
- cholera cases 8×
- with cholera 6×