See Also: Ganges(dictionary)
Ganges (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Ganges River(encyclopedia)
Ganges delta(encyclopedia)

diphtheria (iou) and Ganges (oh)


diphtheria (iou)



diphtheria noun. M19.
[mod. Latin, from French diphtherie, substituted by P. Bretonneau for his earlier diphtherite: see DIPHTHERITIS, -IA1.]
An acute contagious bacterial disease characterized by the inflammation of a mucous membrane, esp. in the throat, the formation of a false membrane, and the production of potentially fatal toxins affecting the heart and nerves.
diphtherial,
diphtherian (now rare),
diphtheric adjectives L19.

Ganges (oh)



the Ganges
a long river which flows though northern India and provides water for the fields in India and Bangladesh. To the Hindus the Ganges is a holy river, and many Hindus go to the river as pilgrims and wash themselves in it.
-- Gangetic adj
::the Gangetic plain