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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Diphtheria \Diph*the"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr Gr ? leather (hence taken in the sense of membrane): cf ? to make soft, L. depsere to knead.] (Med.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf {Group}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: diphtheria n : marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
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