DIPHTHERIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does diphtheria mean? • DIPHTHERIA (noun)
The noun DIPHTHERIA has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: DIPHTHERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DIPHTHERIA (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("diphtheria" is a kind of...):
contagion; contagious disease (any disease easily transmitted by contact)
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