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DIPHTHERITIC MEMBRANE

\dˌɪfθəɹˈɪtɪk mˈɛmbɹe͡ɪn], \dˌɪfθəɹˈɪtɪk mˈɛmbɹe‍ɪn], \d_ˌɪ_f_θ_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k m_ˈɛ_m_b_ɹ_eɪ_n]\

Definitions of DIPHTHERITIC MEMBRANE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The peculiar false membrane characteristic of diphtheria.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A fibrinous m. produced by the diphtheria bacillus.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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