trench mouth
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trench mouth
First recorded in 1915–20; so called from its high incidence among soldiers in the trenches
Example Sentences
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Latest news from the psychosomatic front: many cases of trench mouth and inflammation of the gums start out as inflamed emotions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two germs, which may be variant forms of the same microorganism, are always associated with trench mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drs. C. Rex Fuller and John Charles Cottrell of Salida, Colo, were obliged to amputate an Italian miner's left index finger after another man with trench mouth had bitten the finger.
From Time Magazine Archive
No laughing matter, trench mouth is a painful, sometimes fatal disease, spread by relatives of the syphilis spirochete, which first invade the gums, may later migrate to tonsils, salivary glands and lungs.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I said, patting your hand, ‘What, do I give you trench mouth?’
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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