(noun.) 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.
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Bacillus of Cholera identified by Koch, Bacillus of Diphtheria by Loeffler, and Bacillus of Lockjaw by Nicolaier. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
BACILLUS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN SPUTUM. BACILLUS OF DIPHTHERIA (KLEBS-LOEFFLER). Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
I had two Germans who were testing there, and both of them died of diphtheria, caught in the cellar, which was cold and damp. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
There had been a daughter, I heard, but she had died of diphtheria while on a visit to Birmingham. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
According to the practice in modern municipal health regulations, the test as to when a child recovering from diphtheria is incapable of disseminating the disease is by test culture. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
But he died prematurely of diphtheria, and Rosamond afterwards married an elderly and wealthy physician, who took kindly to her four children. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
The bedding and clothing of persons suffering with diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other germ diseases should always be boiled and hung to dry in the bright sunlight. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.