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Diphtheria
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diphtheria'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/diphtheria.html. 1828.