"strangling angel of children" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the strangling angel of children [canonical]
Etymology: From being a childhood disease that causes suffocation of children when it creates biofilms in the lungs that prevent air from being exchanged with the blood. Head templates: {{head|en|noun|head=the strangling angel of children}} the strangling angel of children
  1. (poetic) The disease diphtheria. Tags: poetic Categories (topical): Bacterial diseases
    Sense id: en-strangling_angel_of_children-en-noun-aa5zgsxU Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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