English-Portuguese translations for cholera

• cólera
  Os abastecimentos de água potável sofreram uma ruptura e a cólera tem feito vítimas. Drinking water supplies have broken down and cholera is claiming victims.
  Há um elevado risco de surgimento de doenças como a febre tifóide, a cólera, a malária e a febre de dengue. There is a high risk of illnesses such as typhoid, cholera, malaria and dengue fever.
  O tratamento dos doentes de cólera requer igualmente recursos humanos consideráveis. Treating cholera patients also requires considerable human resources.

Definition of cholera

• Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the ''Vibrio cholerae'bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration

Related words

• choleraic
• anticholera
• cholera epidemic
• fowl cholera
• avian cholera
• hog cholera