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pharyngitis

pharyngitis noun: inflammation of the pharynx.

Noun

pharyngitis (countable and uncountable, plural pharyngitides)

  1. Inflammation of the pharynx.
    Synonyms:
    sore throat, raw throat

pharyngitis meaning in Tamil, Malay, Persian and Thai

pharyngitis in Tamil

குரல்வளை அழற்சி, தொண்டையழற்சி

pharyngitis in Malay

inflammation of the pharynx
faringitis

pharyngitis in Persian

inflammation of the pharynx
فارنژیت fâranžit

pharyngitis in Thai

inflammation of the pharynx
คอหอยอักเสบ kɔɔ-hɔ̌i-àk-sèep
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pharyngitis in Vietnamese
viêm họng

Synonyms of pharyngitis

Forms of pharyngitis

pluralpharyngitides

Words formed from pharyngitis

Questions about pharyngitis

What does pharyngitis mean?
Pharyngitis means inflammation of the pharynx.
What is pharyngitis in Tamil?
Pharyngitis in Tamil is குரல்வளை அழற்சி, தொண்டையழற்சி. See Pharyngitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pharyngitis?
Pharyngitis is a noun.
What is the plural of pharyngitis?
The plural of pharyngitis is pharyngitides.

Words near pharyngitis in the dictionary

  1. pharynges
  2. pharyngic
  3. pharyngismus
  4. pharyngitic
  5. pharyngitides
  6. pharyngitis
  7. pharyngo-
  8. pharyngo-esophagoplasty
  9. pharyngo-oral
  10. pharyngobasilar
  11. pharyngobranchial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pharyngitis (page history and authors); pharyngitis (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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