Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun diphtheria

1 sense of diphtheria

Sense 1
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)
       => contagious disease, contagion -- (any disease easily transmitted by contact)