Cholera infantum

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chol⋅era in⋅fan⋅tum

[in-fan-tuh

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–noun Pathology.

an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; < NL: cholera of infants

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Main Entry: chol·era in·fan·tum
Pronunciation: "käl-&-r&-in-'fant-&m
Function: noun
: an acute noncontagious intestinaldisturbance of infants formerly common in congested areas of high humidity and temperature but now rare

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