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sore throat

sore throat noun: any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.

Noun

sore throat (countable and uncountable, plural sore throats)

  1. (countable) Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.
    Synonyms:
    strep throat
  2. (uncountable) The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections.
    • Complains of a bad taste in his mouth ; there is some sore throat and difficulty of deglutition ; appetite very bad ; not very thirsty[…].1846, C. H. J. Routh, “Hospital reports”, in Thomas Wakley, Henry Bennet, editors, The London Lancet, volume IV, page 78
    • Some sore throat is a common symptom also in erysipelas of the scalp.1879, Prosser James, Sore throat, its nature, varieties, and treatment', page 135

sore throat meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian

sore throat in Tamil

தொண்டைக் கமறல், தொண்டை எரிச்சல், தொண்டை கரகரப்பு

sore throat in Sanskrit

a sore throat, inflammation of the larynx
वलय valaya

sore throat in Arabic

symptom
اِلْتِهَاب حَلْق iltihāb ḥalq

sore throat in Persian

symptom
گلودرد galudard
More languagesFewer languages
sore throat in Vietnamese
đau họng, đau cổ họng, viêm họng

Synonyms of sore throat

Forms of sore throat

pluralsore throats

Words formed from sore throat

Questions about sore throat

What does sore throat mean?
Sore throat means any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.
What is sore throat in Tamil?
Sore throat in Tamil is தொண்டைக் கமறல், தொண்டை எரிச்சல், தொண்டை கரகரப்பு. See Sore throat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sore throat?
Sore throat is a noun.
What is the plural of sore throat?
The plural of sore throat is sore throats.

Words near sore throat in the dictionary

  1. sore loser
  2. Sore Loserman
  3. sore losers
  4. sore point
  5. sore points
  6. sore throat
  7. sore throats
  8. sore thumb
  9. sore thumbs
  10. sore winner
  11. sore winners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sore throat (page history and authors); sore throat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वलय (Sanskrit) (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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