diphther- (Greek > Latin > French: leather, prepared hide, membrane).An infectious disease characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages. Coined by the French physician Pierre Bretonneau [1778-1862]. The disease was so called by Bretonneau because it is characterized by the formation of a false membrane.diphtheria:
diphtherial:
diphtheritic:
diphtheritis:
diphteroid:
diphtherotoxin:
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