| 单词 | diphtheria |
| 释义 | diphtheria (once / 5268 pages) n WORD FAMILY diphtheria: diphtherias USAGE EXAMPLESSince 1900, a host of maladies—diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, polio, tetanus, typhoid and smallpox, among others—have been mostly controlled. Wall Street Journal(Nov 29, 2016) Graham seems born to deliver highly caffeinated rants about things like flying on planes “surrounded by people with consumption, diphtheria, scabies.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 23, 2016) One of the siblings, Boy’s twin sister, Edna, would not make it back north; she died of diphtheria, in 1936. The New Yorker(Nov 21, 2016) n 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 Hyper contagion, contagious disease any disease easily transmitted by contact |
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