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HERPANGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does herpangia mean?
• HERPANGIA (noun)
The noun HERPANGIA has 1 sense:
1. a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time
Familiarity information: HERPANGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("herpangia" is a kind of...):
viral infection; virus infection (infection by a virus that is pathogenic to humans)
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