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1. (n.) diphtheria
a febrile infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, esp. the throat.
Etymology: (1850–55; < F diphthérie < Gk diphthér(a) skin, leather +-ie -ia)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) diphtheria
acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
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1. (noun) diphtheria
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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. diphtheria
a contagious disease characterised by the formation of a false membrane on the back of the throat.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. diphtheria
A localized infection of mucous membranes or skin caused by toxigenic strains of CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE. It is characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane at the site of infection. DIPHTHERIA TOXIN, produced by C. diphtheriae, can cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic toxic effects.
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Sense: an infectious disease of the throat.
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 Afrikaans: witseerkeel |
 Arabic: خُناق (غِشائي) |
 Bulgarian: дифтерит |
 Brazilian: difteria |
 Czech: záškrt |
 German: die Diphtherie |
 Danish: difteritis |
 Greek: διφθερίτιδα |
 Spanish: difteria |
 Estonian: difteeria |
 Farsi: دیفتری؛ حناق |
 Finnish: kurkkumätä |
 French: diphtérie |
 Hebrew: דִיפתֶריָה |
 Hindi: डिप्थीरिया |
 Croatian: difterija |
 Hungarian: torokgyík |
 Indonesian: difteri |
 Icelandic: barnaveiki |
 Italian: difterite |
 Japanese: ジフテリア |
 Korean: 디프테리아 |
 Lithuanian: difteritas |
 Latvian: difterija |
 Malay: penyakit radang kerongkon |
 Dutch: difterie |
 Norwegian: difteri |
 Polish: dyfteryt |
 Persian: دیفتری؛ حناق |
 Pashto: دیفتری |
 Portuguese: difteria |
 Romanian: difterie |
 Russian: дифтерия |
 Slovak: záškrt |
 Slovenian: davica |
 Serbian: difterija |
 Swedish: difteri |
 Thai: โรคคอตีบ |
 Turkish: difteri, kuşpalazı |
 Taiwanese: 白喉(症) |
 Ukrainian: дифтерит, дифтерія |
 Urdu: خنّاق |
 Vietnamese: bệnh bạch hầu |
 Chinese: 白喉（症） |
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