pharyngitis
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Origin of pharyngitis
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How to use pharyngitis in a sentence
Chronic urticaria and granular pharyngitis are not rare in gouty families.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawIts special uses are in ulceration of the mouth or tongue (ulcerative stomatitis), tonsillitis and pharyngitis.
We will see that the scarlatinous poison sometimes causes pharyngitis or nephritis without producing the general disease.
In severe scarlatinous pharyngitis the inflammation is apt to extend along the Eustachian tube, causing its occlusion.
An epidemic of diphtheria is accompanied by a great number of cases of pharyngitis.
British Dictionary definitions for pharyngitis
/ (ˌfærɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs) /
inflammation of the pharynx
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Scientific definitions for pharyngitis
[ făr′ĭn-jī′tĭs ]
Inflammation of the pharynx, often a result of viral or bacterial infection, especially streptococcal bacteria. See also strep throat.
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