diphtheritic

Also diph·the·ri·al

[dif-thuh-rit-ik, dip-]

adjective

Pathology.

1. pertaining to diphtheria.

2. affected by diphtheria.

Other Word Forms

• diphtheritically adverb
• antidiphtheritic adjective
• nondiphtherial adjective
• nondiphtheric adjective
• nondiphtheritic adjective
• postdiphtherial adjective
• postdiphtheric adjective
• postdiphtheritic adjective
• prediphtheritic adjective
• pseudodiphtherial adjective
• pseudodiphtheric adjective
• pseudodiphtheritic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of diphtheritic¹

1840–50; earlier diphtherit(is) ( diphtheria, -itis ) + -ic

Example Sentences

The trachea shows well-marked diphtheritic inflammation; it contains a film of pseudo-membrane; evidences of inflammation occur also upon the laryngeal surface, though less marked than in the trachea.

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Diphtheritic coryza, on the other hand, which is frequently present when diphtheria complicates scarlet fever, involves danger, since it is apt to cause ulcerations, hemorrhages, and septic poisoning.

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In diphtheritic ulcerations, and in endometritis due to decomposing remains of the ovum, the load condition is often complicated by the invasion of the neighboring tissues.

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The common opinion is, that whenever a pseudo-membrane occurs upon the inflamed mucous surface in scarlatina true diphtheria has supervened; but there are those who hold that scarlet fever itself, when the inflammations which attend it are severe, may give rise to pseudo-membranes, so that what seems to be diphtheritic is but an element in the primary disease.

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J. Lewis Smith has recorded instances of diphtheritic inflammation as a complication, which, however, as he justly remarks, may, when prevalent, attack any inflamed surface.

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