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| her·pan·gi·na [ hùrpən jnə, hər pánjənə ] |
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severe sore throat: a Coxsackie virus infection, found mainly in children, that causes fever, loss of appetite, and a severely painful throat with grayish white spots on and around the tonsils
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| [< Greek herpein "creep" + Latin angina "quinsy" (see angina)] |
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