Resembling cholera or having cholera-like characteristics, especially in appearance or symptoms.
From 'cholera' + Greek '-oid' (resembling, form of), creating an adjective meaning 'cholera-like' common in medical descriptive terminology.
A 'choleroid' outbreak might look like cholera to doctors—severe diarrhea and dehydration—but when they investigate, they find it's caused by something else entirely!
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