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n. - An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food.

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  • This can lead to all kinds of diarrheal diseases, including cholera.
  • The dramatic loss of salt and water in cholera is a direct consequence of the action of cholera toxin on G-proteins.
  • In fact, cholera is on the increase across the globe.
  • 'The cholera is not the right word; it is choler, which means God's wrath.
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  • A "choler" is an anger or rage, "cholera" is a disease of the gastrointestinal system, a "collar" is a part of the clothing around the neck, "color" is the light waves of the spectrum reflected on the eye as red, green, blue, and so on, while a "culler" i
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