Relating to or affected by cholera, the severe infectious disease caused by bacteria in contaminated water.
From 'cholera' (the disease) + '-ic' (adjective suffix). 'Cholera' comes from Greek 'chole' (bile) + 'rhoia' (flow), so named because victims suffered severe diarrhea.
John Snow, a famous epidemiologist, tracked a cholera outbreak to a single water pump in 1854 London—this word reminds us that a disease named for 'bile flow' was actually caused by contaminated drinking water!
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