trench mouth

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis. idiomatic,uncountable
    — "Trench mouth" is one of the war diseases which is engaging the attention of British army doctors.

词源

Probably coined during World War I when the disease was common among soldiers in the trenches during trench warfare.
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