cholera infantum

American  

[in-fan-tuhm] / ɪnˈfæn təm /

noun

Pathology.

1. an often fatal form of gastroenteritis occurring in infants, not of the same cause as cholera but having somewhat similar characteristics.

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Etymology

Origin of cholera infantum

1820–30, < New Latin: cholera of infants

Example Sentences

During the summer and autumn, cholera infantum with children in large towns, diarrhœa, cholera morbus, dysentery, intermittent and remittent bilious fevers prevail.

From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason

Towards evening that restless state, so common in cholera infantum, came on, accompanied at every breath by a groan, which the doctor said must soon wear her out.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

Another form of diarrhea is cholera infantum, where the stools soon become watery and colorless.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

Cuphea does not act with equal promptness in all forms of cholera infantum.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Marie died of cholera infantum; and Rose then died, although she had not been directly affected by the disease.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin