OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27538

diphtheria

/dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
difteria
A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Today diphtheria has become so rare — just five cases in the United States in the most recent decade measured — that many doctors would struggle to recognize it.
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