"diphtheria" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪfˈθɪəɹɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪpˈθɪəɹɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪfˈθɪɹi.ə/ [General-American], /dɪpˈθɪɹi.ə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-diphtheria.wav Forms: diphtherias [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə, -ɪɹiə Etymology: From French diphtérie (later for a while also spelled diphthérie) in 1857, which was coined in 1855 with the suffix -ie to replace -ite in the previous term diphtérite for the disease because it affects more than one part of the body. The previous term (later for a while also spelled diphthérite) was coined in 1817 by Pierre Bretonneau using Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”) in reference to the tough membrane that forms in the throat. Bretonneau perhaps coined and used the Latin term diphtheritis (with its close imitation of Greek spelling typical of Neolatin) even earlier than the French term diphtérite, which follows the French habit of sometimes spelling t for the Latin transliteration th of Greek θ (but not, for example, in thermomètre). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|diphtérie}} French diphtérie, {{der|en|grc|διφθέρα||prepared hide, leather}} Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} diphtheria (countable and uncountable, plural diphtherias)
  1. (pathology) A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Wikipedia link: en:Pierre Bretonneau Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases, Pathology Synonyms: Boulogne sore throat [obsolete], diphtheritis, strangling angel, strangling angel of children Derived forms: diphtheriae, diphtherial, diphtheric, diphtheritic, diphtheritis, DPPT, DPT Related terms: C. diphtheriae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae Translations (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract): witseerkeel (Afrikaans), خُنَاق (ḵunāq) [masculine] (Arabic), դիֆթերիա (diftʻeria) (Armenian), difteriya (Azerbaijani), qaraboğma (Azerbaijani), ဆုံဆို့နာ (hcumhcui.na) (Burmese), diftèria [feminine] (Catalan), dipterya (Cebuano), 白喉 (báihóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 白喉病 (báihóubìng) (Chinese Mandarin), záškrt [masculine] (Czech), difteri [common-gender] (Danish), difteritis [common-gender] (Danish), difterie [feminine] (Dutch), difterio (Esperanto), difteeria (Estonian), difteritis [neuter] (Faroese), kurkkumätä (Finnish), diphtérie [feminine] (French), difteria [feminine] (Galician), garrotillo [masculine] (Galician), დიფთერია (dipteria) (Georgian), Diphtherie [feminine] (German), διφθερίτιδα (diftherítida) [feminine] (Greek), ઘટસર્પ (ghaṭsarp) (Gujarati), torokgyík (Hungarian), diftéria (Hungarian), barnaveiki [feminine] (Icelandic), difteri (Indonesian), diftéire (Irish), difterite [feminine] (Italian), ジフテリア (jifuteria) (Japanese), дифтерия (difteriä) (Kazakh), ខាន់ស្លាក់ (khanslak) (Khmer), 디프테리아 (dipeuteria) (Korean), difterija [feminine] (Latvian), difterija [feminine] (Lithuanian), дифте́рија (diftérija) [feminine] (Macedonian), difteria (Malay), دیفتری (difteri) (Persian), błonica [feminine] (Polish), dyfteria [dated, feminine] (Polish), dyfteryt [literary, masculine] (Polish), difteria [feminine] (Portuguese), difterie [feminine] (Romanian), дифтери́я (difteríja) [feminine] (Russian), gušobolja [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), záškrt [masculine] (Slovak), davica [feminine] (Slovene), difterija [feminine] (Slovene), difteria [feminine] (Spanish), dondakoo (Swahili), difteri [common-gender] (Swedish), dipterya (Tagalog), คอตีบ (kɔɔ-dtìip) (Thai), difteri (Turkish), difteriya (Uzbek), bạch hầu (Vietnamese)
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      "word": "დიფთერია"
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      "word": "difterie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "difteríja",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дифтери́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gušobolja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "záškrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "davica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "difterija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "difteria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "dondakoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "difteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "dipterya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔɔ-dtìip",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "คอตีบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "difteri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "difteriya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract",
      "word": "bạch hầu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diphtheria"
}

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