herpangina

herpangina definition - medical

her·pan·gi·na (hûrˌpăn-jīˈnə, hûr-pănˈjə-)

noun
A mild disease of children caused by a coxsackievirus and marked by fever, dysphagia, and vesicopapular lesions of the mucous membranes of the throat.

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