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Asiatic Asiatic A`si*at"ic, a. [L. Asiaticus, Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. -- n. A
native, or one of the people, of Asia.
Asiatic cholera Cholera Chol"er*a, n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.]
(Med.)
One of several diseases affecting the digestive and
intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the
one commonly called Asiatic cholera.
Asiatic cholera, 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.
Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus.
Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants,
caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and
especially fatal in large cities.
Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and
purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by
imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance.
Chicken cholera. See under Chicken.
Hog cholera. See under Hog.
Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic
cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely
becoming epidemic.
Asiatic or Indian civet Zibet ib"et, Zibeth ib"eth, n. [Cf. It. zibetto. See
Civet.] (Zo["o]l.)
A carnivorous mammal (Viverra zibetha) closely allied to
the civet, from which it differs in having the spots on the
body less distinct, the throat whiter, and the black rings on
the tail more numerous.
Note: It inhabits India, Southern China, and the East Indies.
It yields a perfume similar to that of the civet. It is
often domesticated by the natives, and then serves the
same purposes as the domestic cat. Called also
Asiatic, or Indian, civet.
Asiaticism Asiaticism A`si*at"i*cism, n.
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Eurasiatio Eurasiatio Eu*ra`si*at"io, a. (Geog.)
Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia
combined.
R Asiaticus Ranunculus Ra*nun`cu*lus, n.; pl. E. Ranunculuses, L.
Ranunculi. [L., a little frog, a medicinal plant, perhaps
crowfoot, dim. of rana a frog; cf. raccare to roar.] (Bot.)
A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including
crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R.
Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers
are double and of various colors.
