コレラ
Meanings
1
usually written using kana alonemedicine
Medical term for the infectious disease caused by Vibrio cholerae.
from English · from Dutch
Many people died in the cholera epidemic.
Please be careful about cholera when traveling abroad.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉がコレラにかかるto catch/contract cholera
Many people in that village caught cholera.
- 〈場所〉でコレラが流行するfor cholera to spread/become epidemic in a place
Cholera spread through Europe in the 19th century.