laryngitis
inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
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Origin of laryngitis
1Other words from laryngitis
- lar·yn·git·ic [lar-uhn-jit-ik], /ˌlær ənˈdʒɪt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use laryngitis in a sentence
laryngitis had kept him from those three, to which however, he had sent a stenographic friend so that the chain was unbroken.
Philosophy 4 | Owen WisterLeeches were applied to the larynx and the trachea for bronchitis and laryngitis and for relieving the cough of phthisis.
In bronchitis and laryngitis the heated leaves are applied over the chest or neck after rubbing the parts with oil.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraChronic laryngitis usually occurs as a result of repeated attacks of the acute form.
Oedematous laryngitis is a very fatal condition, which may occur, though rarely, as a sequence of acute laryngitis.
British Dictionary definitions for laryngitis
/ (ˌlærɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs) /
inflammation of the larynx
Derived forms of laryngitis
- laryngitic (ˌlærɪnˈdʒɪtɪk), adjective
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Scientific definitions for laryngitis
[ lăr′ĭn-jī′tĭs ]
Inflammation of the larynx, usually caused by a virus and characterized by hoarseness.
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