Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An affection resembling diphtheria, but not marked by the presence of the bacillus of diphtheria. See
pseudodiphtheria bacilli .
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- noun Any of several
infections , such aspharyngitis ortonsillitis , that resemblesdiphtheria but is caused by a differentmicroorganism
Etymologies
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pseudo- + diphtheria
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