diphtheritic

English

Adjective

diphtheritic (comparative more diphtheritic, superlative most diphtheritic)

1. (medicine) Resembling or related to diphtheria.

   diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder

   diphtheritic paralysis

   diphtheritic myocarditis

Synonyms

• diphtherial
• diphtheric

Derived terms

• antidiphtheritic
• diphtheritically
• nondiphtheritic
• postdiphtheritic
• prediphtheritic
• pseudodiphtheritic

 

References

• “diphtheritic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.