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Vincent2 Path.|ˈvɪnsənt| The name of J. H. Vincent (1862–1950), French medical scientist, used in the possessive to designate a painful ulcerative condition of the inside of the mouth or the throat associated with infection with fusiform bacteria and spirochætes (described by him in 1896); also a similar condition of the gums that is accompanied by foul breath and bleeding.
1904Lancet 16 July 135/2 Vincent's angina is a form of pseudo-diphtheria which is associated with, and is probably due to, certain characteristic micro-organisms. 1918Vincent's disease [see trench mouth s.v. trench n. 9]. 1926J. L. T. Appleton Bacterial Infection xxiv. The condition..goes under a great variety of names, e.g., ‘trench mouth’, Vincent's gingivitis or stomatitis and ulcero-membranous stomatitis. 1935Motion Picture Nov. 3/2 (Advt.), Keep gum disorders—gingivitis, pyorrhea and Vincent's disease far in the background. 1959J. Blish Case of Conscience i. 11 He saw few of the mixed bacilli and spirochetes which would have indicated a case of ordinary..Vincent's angina—‘trench mouth’. 1962Blake & Trott Periodontology xvii. 173 The interdental cratering which follows longstanding Vincent's infection leads to interdental stagnation. 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. xii. 21/2 Acute ulcerative gingivitis... At times there are shallow necrotic ulcers affecting the oropharyngeal mucosa which shows diffuse erythema; this has been referred to as Vincent's angina. |