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Meaning of Diphtheria | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə

Definitions

A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الدّيفتريا خناق
Čeština záškrt
Dansk difteri
Deutsch Diphtherie
Ελληνικά διφθερίτιδα
Esperanto difterio
Español difteria
Suomi difteria kurkkumätä
Français diphtérie
Galego garrotillo
Magyar diftéria
Bahasa Indonesia difteri
Italiano difterite
日本語 ジフテリア
ქართული დიფთერია
Қазақша дифтерия
ខ្មែរ ខាន់ស្លាក់
한국어 디프테리아
Македонски дифтерија
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆုံဆို့နာ
Nederlands difterie
Polski błonica dławica dyfteria dyfteryt
Português difteria
Română difterie
Русский дифтерия
Svenska difteri
Kiswahili dondakoo
ไทย คอตีบ
Tagalog dipterya
Türkçe difteri
Tiếng Việt bạch hầu

Examples

“Today diphtheria has become so rare — just five cases in the United States in the most recent decade measured — that many doctors would struggle to recognize it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Diphtherial Diphtheritic diphtheritis diphtheroid diphtheroids diphtherotoxin

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