Asiatic cholera
    n 1: an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of
         contaminated water or food [syn: cholera, Asiatic
         cholera, Indian cholera, epidemic cholera]

Algid \Al"gid\ ([a^]l"j[i^]d), a. [L. algidus cold, fr. algere
   to be cold: cf. F. algide.]
   1. Cold; chilly. --Bailey. AS
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   2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold
      skin.
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   Algid cholera (Med.),
      (a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera
          (also called Asiatic cholera, caused by Vibrio
          cholerae); it is marked by three stages that succeed
          each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea
          stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by
          a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever.
          Patients usually die at the second stage of the
          disease.
      (b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera
          that has entered the second stage of the disease. In
          the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to
          Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less
          specific intestinal afflictions.
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Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
   (Med.)
   One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
   intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
   one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
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   Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease,
      originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more
      filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or
      specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized
      by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps,
      pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a
      state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of
      reaction of fever.

   Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.

   Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
      caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
      especially fatal in large cities.

   Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
      purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
      imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.

   Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.

   Hog cholera. See under Hog.

   Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
      cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
      becoming epidemic.
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