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diphtheronecrotic

diphtheronecrotic adjective: diphtheroid and necrotic.

Adjective

diphtheronecrotic (not comparable)

  1. diphtheroid and necrotic
    • Fifteen captive tortoises presumptively diagnosed to be infected with TeHVs or carrying compatible lesions on the basis of either the presence of intranuclear inclusions (presumptively infected) and/or diphtheronecrotic stomatitis-glossitis or pneumonia (compatible lesions) were selected for the...2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of diphtheronecrotic

From diphthero- + necrotic.

Questions about diphtheronecrotic

What does diphtheronecrotic mean?
Diphtheronecrotic means diphtheroid and necrotic.
What part of speech is diphtheronecrotic?
Diphtheronecrotic is an adjective.

Words near diphtheronecrotic in the dictionary

  1. diphtheritically
  2. diphtheritis
  3. diphtheroid
  4. diphtheroidal
  5. diphtheroids
  6. diphtheronecrotic
  7. diphtherotoxin
  8. diphthine
  9. diphthong
  10. diphthongal
  11. diphthongality

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