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-- 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.

Chol`er*a"ic (?), a. Relating
to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.

Chol"er*ic (?), a. [L.
cholericus, Gr. &?;: cf. F. cholérique.]
1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or
bile. Dryden.

2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined
to anger.

3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by
anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W.
Raleigh.

Choleric temperament, the bilious
temperament.

Chol"er*ic*ly, adv. In a
choleric manner; angrily.

Chol"er*i*form` (?), a.
[Cholera + -form.] Resembling
cholera.

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