diphtheria
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Noun
- 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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| 2 | criteria | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | hysteria | 4 | 7 |
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| 11 | dispatcher | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | thera | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | peria | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | listeria | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | hypothermia | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | dispatchers | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | dimperio | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | dianthia | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | deciphering | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | decipher | 3 | 0 |
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