trench mouth
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trench mouth
[′trench ‚mau̇th] McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Although sophisticated weapons rendered trenches obsolete in World War II,
trench mouth was still frequently reported among soldiers, and continues to be a problem today.
It was a nutritional "No, ta" of a diet that seemed bad enough, until her trainer revealed the consequences of Jodie's decision to skimp on the veggies - namely
Trench mouth, a painful swelling of the gums that was all the rage with soldiers way back in the gingivitus-happy days of WWI.
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