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Diphtheria Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Diphtheria? [n] acute contagious bacterial infection marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Diphtheria: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Diphtheria: acute articular rheumatism \| African lethargy \| ague \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| Asiatic cholera \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| breakbone fever \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| cachectic fever \| cerebral rheumatism \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| cowpox \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| dengue \| dengue fever \| dumdum fever \| dysentery \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis lethargica \| enteric fever \| erysipelas \| famine fever \| five-day fever \| flu \| frambesia \| German measles \| glandular fever \| grippe \| hansenosis \| Haverhill fever \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| infantile paralysis \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| lockjaw \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| measles \| meningitis \| milzbrand \| mumps \| ornithosis \| osteomyelitis \| paratyphoid fever \| parotitis \| parrot fever \| pertussis \| pneumonia \| polio \| poliomyelitis \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| psittacosis \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| rubella \| rubeola \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| septic sore throat \| shingles \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| strep throat \| swamp fever \| tetanus \| thrush \| tinea \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| tuberculosis \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| undulant fever \| vaccinia \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| viral dysentery \| whooping cough \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| contagion \| contagious disease Diphtheria In Webster's Dictionary \Diphthe"ria\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? leather (hence taken in the sense of membrane): cf. ? to make soft, L. depsere to knead.] (Med.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. {Group}.

Diphtheria Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Diphtheria?

[n] acute contagious bacterial infection marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing

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See Also | contagion | contagious disease

Diphtheria In Webster's Dictionary

\Diph*the"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? leather (hence
taken in the sense of membrane): cf. ? to make soft, L.
depsere to knead.] (Med.)
A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air
passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a
false membrane, produced by the solidification of an
inflammatory exudation. Cf. {Group}.

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