The toxin that causes diphtheria is produced by a normally benign bacterium when infected with a certain virus.
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Diphtheria
/dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/
Synonyms for "diphtheria" (135 found)
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Noun(1 words)
clinical form
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Noun(3 words)
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5 entriescutaneous diphtheriaimmunization programrespiratory diphtheriasurveillance systemvaccine campaign
Collocations
6 entriesCorynebacterium diphtheriaecutaneous diphtheriadiphtheria antitoxindiphtheria toxindiphtheria vaccinerespiratory diphtheria
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None of the family had been inoculated against diphtheria.
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Diphtheria was a common disease at the time.
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There had been a daughter, I heard, but she had died of diphtheria while on a visit to Birmingham.
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