Severe diarrhoea spread by contaminated water or food (7)

I believe the answer is:

cholera

(Other definitions for cholera that I've seen before include "could kill you" , "Oh, Clare has highly infectious disease" , "Infectious and often fatal Asiatic disease" , "Intestinal infection caused by contaminated water or food" , "Acute infection caused by contaminated water or food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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