| slovo | definícia |
diphtheria
(encz) | diphtheria,diftérie n: Zdeněk Brož |
diphtheria
(encz) | diphtheria,záškrt n: Zdeněk Brož |
Diphtheria
(gcide) | 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. Diphtherial |
diphtheria
(wn) | diphtheria
n 1: 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 |
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diphtheria
(encz) | diphtheria,diftérie n: Zdeněk Broždiphtheria,záškrt n: Zdeněk Brož |
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
(gcide) | corynebacterium \co`ry*ne`bac*ter"i*um\, n. (MIcrobiol.)
Any member of the genus Corynebacterium, consisting of
gram-positive usually nonmotile irregularly rod-shaped
bacteria, some of which are pathogenic or parasitic in humans
and domestic animals, such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae,
which causes diphtheria.
[PJC] |
Diphtherial
(gcide) | Diphtherial \Diph*the"ri*al\, Diphtheric \Diph*ther"ic\, a.
Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.
[1913 Webster] |
c. diphtheriae
(wn) | C. diphtheriae
n 1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn:
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, {Klebs-
Loeffler bacillus}] |
corynebacterium diphtheriae
(wn) | Corynebacterium diphtheriae
n 1: a species of bacterium that causes diphtheria [syn:
Corynebacterium diphtheriae, C. diphtheriae, {Klebs-
Loeffler bacillus}] |
diphtheria
(wn) | diphtheria
n 1: 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 |
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