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herpangina
[hur-pan-jahy-nuh, her-pan-juh-nuh]
noun
Pathology.
an infectious disease, especially of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.
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One sets off a severe sore throat unaptly named herpangina.
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One Zahorsky tome listed the symptoms, called the disease "Herpangina."
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Instead of telling about a "new" child's disease, they reported the rediscovery of Herpangina.
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