HERPANGINA


Meaning of HERPANGINA in English

/herr'pan juy"neuh, heuhr pan"jeuh neuh/ , n. Pathol.

an infectious disease, esp. of children, characterized by a sudden occurrence of fever, loss of appetite, and throat ulcerations, caused by a Coxsackie virus.

[ HERP(ES) + ANGINA ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .