Diphtheritic

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling or related to diphtheria.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.
  • adj. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of, pertaining or relating to, or affected by diphtheria: as, diphtheritic laryngitis; a diphtheritic membrane; a diphtheritic patient.
  • Word Usage
    "Many of the best physicians of the day consider true or membranous croup to be due to this diphtheritic membranous disease thus located in the larynx or trachea."