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Definition of Sore throat
1. Noun. Inflammation of the fauces and pharynx.
Generic synonyms: Inflammatory Disease
Specialized synonyms: Septic Sore Throat, Strep Throat, Streptococcal Sore Throat, Streptococcus Tonsilitis, Throat Infection
Definition of Sore throat
1. Noun. Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness. ¹
2. Noun. (pathology uncountable) The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sore throat
1. A condition characterised by pain or discomfort on swallowing; it may be due to any of a variety of inflammations of the tonsils, pharynx, or larynx. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sore Throat
Literary usage of Sore throat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton (1894)
"In the spring of 1752 "the pestilential angina" made great havoc among children.
In the spring of 1755, "the gangrenous sore-throat" (same as in 1743) was ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The larger the adenoids the more likely the children arc of being hosts to
meningococci. Not all cases of meningitis, following sore throat, however, ..."
3. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1886)
"sore throat can not be said to have one particular type of fever. ... VARIOUS FORMS
OF sore throat. The symptoms thus far mentioned are much the same in all ..."
4. Health and Medical Inspection of School Children by Walter Stewart Cornell (1912)
"For acute sore throat the principal treatment consists in a dose of salts or ...
Chronic sore throat, or chronic pharyngitis, or "clergyman's sore throat" ..."
5. Health and Medical Inspection of School Children by Walter Stewart Cornell (1912)
"For acute sore throat the principal treatment consists in a dose of salts or
castor oil. A simple fever mixture is sometimes prescribed by physicians. ..."
6. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"Belladonna, is admirably adapted to the treatment of ordinary sore throat; when
much fever combine with Aconite (R). Potassium Nitrate dissolved in the ..."
7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"Showing the incidence of sore throat in Special Area on the customers of Mr. X.
... The following question now arises :—What connexion has this sore-throat ..."
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