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FOWL CHOLERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fowl cholera mean? 

FOWL CHOLERA (noun)
  The noun FOWL CHOLERA has 1 sense:

1. an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemiaplay

  Familiarity information: FOWL CHOLERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOWL CHOLERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fowl cholera" is a kind of...):

blood poisoning; septicaemia; septicemia (invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection)

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)


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