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diphtheria Definition


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diphtheria
noun
    1. medicine.
      A highly contagious bacterial infection which affects the throat, causing difficulty in breathing and swallowing, and which can lead to heart failure.
Etymology: 19c: from French diphthérie, from Greek diphthera leather (from the leathery grey covering formed in the throat).



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