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| herpangina [ húrpən jnə ] |
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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 greyish-white spots on and around the tonsils
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| [< Greek herpein 'creep' + Latin angina 'quinsy' (see angina)] |
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