acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
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Diphtheria is a serious infectious disease. 白喉是一種嚴重的傳染病。
The doctor immunized them against diphtheria. 醫生使他們免受白喉的威脅。
The baby has been inoculated against diphtheria. 孩子已接種白喉疫苗。