Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nautical, supported or sustained by the pressure of the water: said of a vessel or other object partly in and partly out of water. A vessel is partly water-borne when some part of it rests on the bottom so that its weight is supported partly by the ground and partly by its buoyancy in the water; a vessel completely water-borne is afloat.
- Borne or conveyed by water; carried in a boat or vessel; floated.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
waterborne .
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Examples
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In the jungle of Sierra Leone, taking hollowed-out log boats to traverse the rivers, drilling a well for a remote village and installing a solar powered pump, hearing about no more infant deaths due to water-borne illness...
Brad Balfour: Water4 Foundation Makes Water Available to Those in Need Brad Balfour 2011
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In the jungle of Sierra Leone, taking hollowed-out log boats to traverse the rivers, drilling a well for a remote village and installing a solar powered pump, hearing about no more infant deaths due to water-borne illness...
Brad Balfour: Water4 Foundation Makes Water Available to Those in Need Brad Balfour 2011
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LYDEN: So, just to summarize it, because we have you on a cell phone, you're saying that it's a water-borne disease, it strikes very quickly, produces a watery diarrhea, and can cause diarrhea and vomiting and lead to death within just hours.
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In the jungle of Sierra Leone, taking hollowed-out log boats to traverse the rivers, drilling a well for a remote village and installing a solar powered pump, hearing about no more infant deaths due to water-borne illness...
Brad Balfour: Water4 Foundation Makes Water Available to Those in Need Brad Balfour 2011
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Dr. THIERAN: The cholera is a water-borne disease that is caused by a bacteria called Vibrio cholerae and that has a specific serotype that is labeled 01.
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They say water-borne oil residue from pumping operations is being stored in unprotected pits and is contaminating local water supplies.
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They warn conditions both in Dollo and in the huge, overcrowded Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya are ripe for epidemics of measles, water-borne and other diseases.
UN: 500,000 Malnourished Children at Risk in Horn of Africa 2011
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While the toilets provide much-needed sanitation infrastructure to tackle water-borne diseases, the leading cause of death in Haiti, they also address what Sasha calls "a dignity issue."
HuffPost's Greatest Person Of The Day: Sasha Kramer, Empowering Haiti Through Sanitation The Huffington Post 2011
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They say water-borne oil residue from pumping operations is being stored in unprotected pits and is contaminating local water supplies.
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In the jungle of Sierra Leone, taking hollowed-out log boats to traverse the rivers, drilling a well for a remote village and installing a solar powered pump, hearing about no more infant deaths due to water-borne illness...
Brad Balfour: Water4 Foundation Makes Water Available to Those in Need Brad Balfour 2011
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