ANGINA PELLICULARIS
\ˈaŋɡa͡ɪnə pɛlˈɪkjʊlˌɑːɹɪs], \ˈaŋɡaɪnə pɛlˈɪkjʊlˌɑːɹɪs], \ˈa_ŋ_ɡ_aɪ_n_ə p_ɛ_l_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌɑː_ɹ_ɪ_s]\
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A name given to those inflammations about the throat, in which exudations or false membranes are thrown out during the phlogosis of the mucous membranes. Aphthce, Tracheitis, when accompanied with the membraniform exudation, are, with some, examples of diphtheritic inflammation.
By Robley Dunglison
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