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noun(Vin-cent's angina)Vincent's infection in which the ulceration has spread to surrounding tissues (as of the pharynx and tonsils) —called also trench mouth
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noun(Vin-cent's angina)a progressive painful disease of the mouth that is marked especially by dirty gray ulceration of the mucous membranes, bleeding of the gums, and a foul odor to the breath and that is associated with the presence of large numbers of a rod-shaped bacterium (Fusobacterium fusiforme synonym F. nucleatum) and a spirochete (Treponema vincentii synonym Borrelia vincentii) in the lesions —called also trench mouth
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biographical name(Vin-cent's angina)Saint died circa a.d. 450 Gallic theologian
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biographical name(Vin-cent's angina)Saint 1581—1660 French religious
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geographical name(Vin-cent's angina)island of the British West Indies in the central Windward Islands population 99,750
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geographical name(Vin-cent's angina)cape jutting into the Atlantic in southwestern Portugal
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geographical name(Vin-cent's angina)inlet of the Indian Ocean in South Australia east of the Yorke Peninsula
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geographical name(Vin-cent's angina)country in the Windward Islands of the West Indies consisting of the islands of Saint Vincent and the northern Grenadines; capital Kingstown (on Saint Vincent), area 150 square miles (390 square kilometers), population 109,991