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Diphtheria(health)
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diphtheria(dictionary)
Diphtheria(medicine)
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faucial diphtheria(medicine)
fowl diphtheria(medicine)
cutaneous diphtheria(medicine)
diphtheria toxoid(medicine)

Actinobacillus (medicine) and diphtheria (oh)


Actinobacillus (medicine)


actinobacillus


A genus of pasteurellaceae described as gram-negative, nonsporeforming, nonmotile, facultative anaerobes. most members are found both as pathogens and commensal organisms in the respiratory, alimentary, and genital tracts of animals.


diphtheria (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Greek diphthera 'leather'; because of the hardened skin in the throat]
a serious infectious throat disease that makes breathing difficult