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epiglottitis

epiglottitis noun: inflammation of the epiglottis.

Noun

epiglottitis (uncountable)

  1. Inflammation of the epiglottis.

epiglottitis meaning in Tamil

epiglottitis in Tamil

குரல்வலை மூடியழற்சி

Origin of epiglottitis

From epiglottis + -itis.

Questions about epiglottitis

What does epiglottitis mean?
Epiglottitis means inflammation of the epiglottis.
What is epiglottitis in Tamil?
Epiglottitis in Tamil is குரல்வலை மூடியழற்சி. See Epiglottitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is epiglottitis?
Epiglottitis is a noun.

Words near epiglottitis in the dictionary

  1. epiglottidectomy
  2. epiglottides
  3. epiglottiditis
  4. epiglottis
  5. epiglottises
  6. epiglottitis
  7. epiglottopharyngeal
  8. epiglycanin
  9. epignathous
  10. epignathus
  11. epignosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epiglottitis (page history and authors); epiglottitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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