Akademik

Vincent's infection

noun

an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane

• Syn: ↑Vincent's angina, ↑trench mouth

• Hypernyms: ↑contagious disease, ↑contagion, ↑angina

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noun also vincent's stomatitis

Usage: usually capitalized V

Etymology: after Jean H. Vincent died 1950 French bacteriologist

: infection of the respiratory tract and mouth by the fusiform bacillus often in association with a spirochete (Borrelia vincentii) producing destructive ulceration especially of the mucous membranes of the cheeks, gums, and throat

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Vincent's infection or Vincent's stomatitis,

= Vincent's angina. (Cf. ↑Vincent's angina)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.