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The following 2 entries include the term Vincent's.
Vincent's angina
noun: Vincent's infection in which the ulceration has spread to surrounding tissues (as of the pharynx and tonsils)
Vincent's infection
noun: 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
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