Trench Mouth Meaning

Trench Mouth is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic, medicine) 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.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Trench Mouth

(idiomatic, medicine) 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.

Example : 1918, "Discover New War Disease: British and French Soldiers Suffering from ‘Trench Mouth’," New York Times, 17 Jun., p. 7 (retrieved 7 Jan. 2009),  "Trench mouth" is one of the war diseases which is engaging the attention of British army doctors.2002, Itzhak Brook MD, "Anaerobic Bacteria in Upper Respiratory Tract and other Head and Neck Infections," Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, vol. 111, no. 5, p. 433:  Vincent's angina (or trench mouth) is a distinct form of ulcerative gingivitis.

Meaning of Trench Mouth

Trench Mouth is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Trench Mouth stands for (idiomatic, medicine) 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.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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