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- noun medicine Alternative term for
acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Jean Hyacinthe Vincent, (1862–1950), French physician.]
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