Part 1884

<note>&hand; Littr\'82 says that the word <i>chol\'82dologie</i> is absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word <?/. A proper form would be <i>cholology</i>.</note>

<h1>Choleic</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho*le"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; <as>as, <ex>choleic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Choler</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>coler</ets>, F. <ets>col\'8are</ets> anger, L. <ets>cholera</ets> a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. <?/ cholera, fr. <?/, <?/, bile. See <er>Gall</er>, and cf. <er>Cholera</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of <b>choler</b>; and yet his motion was slow. <i>I. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.</def>

<blockquote>He is rash and very sudden in <b>choler</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cholera</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a bilious disease. See <er>Choler</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called <i>Asiatic cholera</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Asiatic cholera</col>, <cd>a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever.</cd> -- <col>Cholera bacillus</col>. <cd>See <cref>Comma bacillus</cref>.</cd> -- <col>Cholera infantum</col>, <cd>a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities.</cd> -- <col>Cholera morbus</col>, <cd>a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.</cd> -- <col>Chicken cholera</col>. <cd>See under <er>Chicken</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hog cholera</col>. <cd>See under <er>Hog</er>.</cd> -- <col>Sporadic cholera</col>, <cd>a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choleraic</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol`er*a"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.</def>

<h1>Choleric</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cholericus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>chol\'82rique</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger.</def> "<i>Choleric</i> speech."

<i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i>

<cs><col>Choleric temperament</col>, <cd>the bilious temperament.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cholericly</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*ic*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a choleric manner; angrily.</def>

<h1>Choleriform</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*i*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cholera</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling cholera.</def>

<h1>Cholerine</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The precursory symptoms of cholera.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The first stage of epidemic cholera.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A mild form of cholera.</def>

<h1>Choleroid</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"er*oid</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cholera</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Choleriform.</def>