diphtheria
A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper…A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
» None of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.
Никому в семье не делали прививку от дифтерии.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
Diphtherie
дифтери́яdifteríja
дифтері́яdyfteríja
- 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
Examples
5 sentencesNone of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.
ruНикому в семье не делали прививку от дифтерии.
Diphtheria was a common disease at the time.
The toxin that causes diphtheria is produced by a normally benign bacterium when infected with a certain virus.
Yanni and Rima experienced a tragedy. Their daughter contracted diphtheria and died at the age of four.
There had been a daughter, I heard, but she had died of diphtheria while on a visit to Birmingham.
deEs soll, wie ich hörte, eine Tochter gegeben haben, die aber während eines Besuchs in Birmingham an Diphtherie gestorben sei.
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Origin
From French diphtérie (later for a while also spelled diphthérie) in 1857, which was coineFrom French diphtérie (later for a while also spelled diphthérie) in 1857, which was coined in 1855 with the suffix -ie to replace -ite in the previous term diphtérite for the disease because it affects more than one part of the body. The previous term (later for a while also spelled diphthérite) was coined in 1817 by Pierre Bretonneau using Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”) in reference to the tough membrane that forms in the throat.
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Forms
plural: diphtheriasSynonyms
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