Definition

1. Noun (archaic, literary):
   • Cholera: An acute, often fatal, infectious disease of the small intestine, typically causing severe diarrhea and vomiting, leading to rapid dehydration. The term is an old, literary Vietnamese word for this illness.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sách y học cổ có ghi chép về bệnh hoắc loạn. (Old medical books have records of cholera.)
  • Vùng đó từng xảy ra một trận dịch hoắc loạn kinh hoàng. (A terrible cholera epidemic once occurred in that region.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hoắc loạn" is almost exclusively found in historical, classical, or literary texts. In modern Vietnamese, the standard medical and common term for this disease is "bệnh tả".

Variants and Related Words

• Bệnh tả (n): The modern Vietnamese term for cholera.
  • Bệnh tả lây lan chủ yếu qua nước uống bị ô nhiễm. (Cholera spreads mainly through contaminated drinking water.)

Synonyms

• Cholera: The direct English equivalent for the disease described by "hoắc loạn".

Notes on Usage

• "Hoắc loạn" is classified as an obsolete or archaic term. Its use in contemporary conversation or writing would be unusual and might be employed deliberately for a classical, historical, or poetic stylistic effect. For clear, modern communication, "bệnh tả" is always preferred.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Cholera