oak apple
rio cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal part of the human small intestine
Definition
- : any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptomsespecially : an acute diarrheal disease caused by an enterotoxin produced by a comma-shaped gram-negative bacillus (Vibrio cholerae synonym V. comma) when it is present in large numbers in the proximal (see proximal sense 2) part of the human small intestine