Associations to the word «Diphtheria»
Noun
- Toxin
- Vaccine
- Vaccination
- Tuberculosis
- Smallpox
- Cholera
- Hepatitis
- Influenza
- Cough
- Epidemic
- Serum
- Pneumonia
- Fever
- Syphilis
- Malaria
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- Booster
- Dt
- Disease
- Infection
- Bacterium
- Sis
- Outbreak
- Dren
- Chil
- Diarrhea
- Allergy
- Cine
- Determinant
- Distillation
- Antibody
- Dipole
- Plague
- Ulcer
- Poisoning
- Dose
- Infant
- Hesse
- Pathogen
- Throat
- Old
- Susceptibility
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- Diffraction
- Fol
- Diagnosis
- Diode
- Antibiotic
- Arthritis
- Epilepsy
- Flu
- Childhood
- Diabetes
- Prevention
- Nu
- Membrane
- Sanitation
- Poison
- Incidence
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- Physiology
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- Virus
Adjective
Wiktionary
DIPHTHERIA, noun. (pathology) A highly infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract characterised by a sore throat, fever, and difficulty breathing, its symptoms being due to a potent toxin excreted by the infecting agent Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Dictionary definition
DIPHTHERIA, noun. 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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