Definition of Diphtherial

1. a. Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.

Definition of Diphtherial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Diphtherial

1. Relating to diphtheria, or the membranous exudate characteristic of this disease. Synonym: diphtheric. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diphtherial

diphosphopyridine nucleotide
diphosphoric acid
diphosphorus
diphosphorylated
diphosphothiamin
diphosphotransferases
diphoton
diphotons
diphthamide
diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine
diphtheria antitoxin
diphtheria antitoxin unit
diphtheria toxin
diphtheria toxoid
diphtherial (current term)
diphtherias
diphtheric
diphtheritic
diphtheritic conjunctivitis
diphtheritic enteritis
diphtheritic membrane
diphtheritic neuropathy
diphtheritic paralysis
diphtheritic ulcer
diphtheroid
diphtheroids
diphtherotoxin
diphthine methyltransferase

Literary usage of Diphtherial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"Dr. Howard H. Tooth records a case of diphtherial paralysis with temporary absolute deafness in a. boy of five, who first came under observation on December ..."

2. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1867)
"Diphtheria and diphtherial Paralysis. By WJ CUMMINGS, MD, Member of the King and ... Dr. Cummings relates several cases of diphtheria and diphtherial ..."

3. A Text-book of Pathology by William George MacCallum (1916)
"BACTERIAL DISEASE (Continued) diphtherial infection: Diphtheria of respiratory tract ... diphtherial INFECTION THE diphtheria bacillus is, as is well known, ..."

4. Selections from the Clinical Works of Dr. Duchenne (de Boulogne). by Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne, George Vivian Poore (1883)
"These facts show that diphtherial paresis is a true paralysis. To cases given in previous editions I am now able to add others in which troubles of the ..."

5. Diphtheria and Its Associates by Lennox Browne (1895)
"Thus, the external or upper layer of the diphtherial false membrane which is oldest, ... diphtherial MEMBRANE (COMPLEX). BACILLI AND Cocci in situ, ..."

6. Medical diseases of infancy and childhood by Dawson Williams, Frank Spooner Churchill (1900)
"ACUTE SPECIFIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES Diphtheria—Incubation Period—Pathology—Symptoms—diphtherial ... diphtherial ..."

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