How to pronounce “diphtheria” in English

A simple infection like whooping cough or diphtheria or any kind of bacterial infection, led to millions of lost lives and suffering until the discovery of antibiotics.

And mostly they died of communicable diseases-- tuberculosis and diphtheria.

Two and a half year old Herta Schreiber-- she was the youngest of nine children-- was severely disabled by meningitis and diphtheria.