霍乱 (huò luàn) — cholera (med.); acute gastroenteritis (Chin. med.)
Definition
Western medical term for cholera, the acute diarrheal infection. In traditional Chinese medicine contexts, the same word refers to acute gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhea.
noun
cholera (med.)acute gastroenteritis (Chin. med.)
Examples
- 霍乱，。Xià jì shì huò luàn gāo fā de jì jié, yào zhù yì yǐn shí wèi shēng.Summer is a season with high incidence of cholera — pay attention to food hygiene.
- 霍乱，。Zhōng yī rèn wéi huò luàn duō yóu shī xié yǐn qǐ, huì dǎo zhì fù xiè hé ǒu tù.Chinese medicine believes that acute gastroenteritis is mostly caused by dampness pathogen, leading to diarrhea and vomiting.
- 霍乱，。Lì shǐ shàng huò luàn céng duō cì zài quán qiú bào fā, zào chéng dà liàng sǐ wáng.Historically, cholera has broken out many times around the world, causing massive deaths.
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