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CHOLERA INFANTUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cholera infantum mean?
• CHOLERA INFANTUM (noun)
The noun CHOLERA INFANTUM has 1 sense:
1. often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms
Familiarity information: CHOLERA INFANTUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in children; not true cholera but having similar symptoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cholera infantum" is a kind of...):
gastroenteritis; intestinal flu; stomach flu (inflammation of the stomach and intestines; can be caused by Salmonella enteritidis)
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