Vincent's angina

Definitions of Vincent's angina
  1. noun
    an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
    synonyms: Vincent's infection, trench mouth
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    type of:
    contagion, contagious disease
    any disease easily transmitted by contact
    angina
    any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
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