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diphtherial
Variant of diphtheria
noun
an acute infectious disease caused by a bacterium (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) and characterized by weakness, high fever, the formation in the air passages of a tough, membranelike obstruction to breathing, and the production of a potent neurotoxin
Related Forms:
- diphtherial adjective
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