sore throat

noun Pathology.

a painful or sensitive condition of the throat exaggerated by swallowing or talking, usually caused by bacteria or viruses; laryngitis; pharyngitis; tonsillitis.

Origin of sore throat

First recorded in 1680–90

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The efflorescence and sore-throat were often met with separately.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2)
Charles Creighton
Upon this ensued headaches, sore-throat, general enfeeblement.
New Grub Street
George Gissing
The pine-apple is useful in all ordinary cases of sore-throat.
Food Remedies
Florence Daniel
Sore-throat is certainly a drain disease, and thus a vulnerability to diphtheria is probably engendered.
The Dwelling House
George Vivian Poore
A man must produce romance, or at least submit to it, when duly summoned, even though he should have a sore-throat or a headache.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
Anthony Trollope

sore throat in Medicine

Any of various inflammations of the tonsils, pharynx, or larynx characterized by pain in swallowing.