sore throat

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

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sore′ throat′

1. a painful or sensitive condition of the throat due to pharyngitis.

2. pharyngitis.

[1680–90]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sore throat - inflammation of the fauces and pharynx

pharyngitis, raw throat

inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation

septic sore throat, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, throat infection - an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus

Translations

Halsschmerz

πονόλαιμος

angina

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But at this juncture Judy Pineau appeared to say that Sara, with her usual luck, had a sore throat, and that her mother consequently would not permit her to come.

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It still rained, and I turned in to sleep, as wet as ever, and with a cruel sore throat, but a little comforted, perhaps, by having said good-night to my next neighbours, the people of Iona.

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She was very feverish and had a bad sore throat: Mrs.

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Though heavy and feverish, with a pain in her limbs, and a cough, and a sore throat, a good night's rest was to cure her entirely; and it was with difficulty that Elinor prevailed on her, when she went to bed, to try one or two of the simplest of the remedies.

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I tossed and tumbled about, dreaming fearful dreams when I did snooze for a minute; and at three I wakened up with a high fever, a sore throat, and a raging headache.

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My sore throat kept me indoors, and grandmother had a cold which made the housework heavy for her.

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Jones-- therefore do not be alarmed if you should hear of his having been to me-- and, excepting a sore throat and headache, there is not much the matter with me.-- Yours, etc."

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Delia was to become familiar and then contemptuous with Music, so that when she saw the orchestra seats and boxes unsold she could have sore throat and lobster in a private dining-room and refuse to go on the stage.

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Nathaniel Pipkin could hear him growling away like an old mastiff with a sore throat; and whenever the unfortunate apprentice with the thin legs came into the room, so surely did old Lobbs commence swearing at him in a most Saracenic and ferocious manner, though apparently with no other end or object than that of easing his bosom by the discharge of a few superfluous oaths.

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In consequence of a cold, she caught a sore throat; and some time later she had an earache.

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It was too unlucky that I couldn't go; but I've had a sore throat, and mother was afraid of the drive home this evening.

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'On the 15th (the day on which the old woman first came to do the housework), his lordship complained of sore throat, and of a feeling of oppression on the chest.

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