霍亂

See also: 霍乱

Chinese

quickly in confusion; disorderly
trad. (霍亂)
simp. (霍乱)

Pronunciation


Etymology 1

Noun

霍亂

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) any acute gastroenteritis with symptoms such as severe vomiting, diarrhoea and abdominal pain
Derived terms
  • 乾霍亂 / 干霍乱 (gānhuòluàn)
  • 寒霍亂 / 寒霍乱
  • 濕霍亂 / 湿霍乱
  • 熱霍亂 / 热霍乱

Adjective

霍亂

  1. (literary, figurative) distraught with anxiety

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English cholera.

Noun

霍亂

  1. () (pathology) cholera (a severe diarrhoeal disease)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 副霍亂 / 副霍乱
  • 禽霍亂 / 禽霍乱
  • 禽類霍亂 / 禽类霍乱
  • 豬霍亂 / 猪霍乱
  • 霍亂弧菌 / 霍乱弧菌 (huòluàn hújūn)