diphtheria
noun /dɪfˈθɪəriə/, /dɪpˈθɪəriə/
/dɪfˈθɪriə/, /dɪpˈθɪriə/
[uncountable]- a serious disease of the throat that causes difficulty in breathing
- Parents are advised to have their children immunized against diphtheria.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + diphtheria- have
- suffer from
- catch
- …
- epidemic
- vaccine
Word Originmid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from French diphthérie (earlier diphthérite), from Greek diphthera ‘skin, hide’.