VINCENT'S INFECTION


Meaning of VINCENT'S INFECTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1922

: a progressive painful disease of the mouth that is marked especially by dirty gray ulceration of the mucous membranes, bleeding of the gums, and a foul odor to the breath and that is associated with the presence of large numbers of a rod-shaped bacterium ( Fusobacterium fusiforme syn. F. nucleatum ) and a spirochete ( Treponema vincentii syn. Borrelia vincentii ) in the lesions — called also trench mouth

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