trench mouth
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Tweet n. A painful infection of the gums, oral mucosa, and throat marked by ulcerative lesions and foul breath and caused by anaerobic fusiform bacteria, such as Bacillus fusiformis, in combination with spirochetes, especially Borrelia vincentii. Also called Vincent's angina. [From its occurrence in soldiers in trenches.] |
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