HyperDic: vincent[s_angina

English > 1 sense of the expression Vincent's angina:
NOUNstateVincent's angina, Vincent's infection, trench mouthan acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
English > Vincent's angina: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane.
SynonymsVincent's infection, trench mouth
BroaderanginaAny disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
contagious disease, contagionAny disease easily transmitted by contact
Spanishangina de Plaut, angina de Vincent

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