trench mouth

短语

[医] 战壕口炎, 坏死性溃疡性龈炎

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.

    习语 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

Vincent's angina

上位词 2

contagion angina

词源

Probably coined during World War I when the disease was common among soldiers in the trenches during trench warfare.

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