Term: diphtheria: 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
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: experimentalism: an orientation that favors experimentation and innovation
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: fixation: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: evaluator: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: seamount: an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: album: a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: kitten-tails: a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: antisepsis: the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: scopolia: genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: mombin: common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
Broader: contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact | Unrelated: fleshiness: more than average fatness