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EPIGLOTTITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does epiglottitis mean?
• EPIGLOTTITIS (noun)
The noun EPIGLOTTITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing
Familiarity information: EPIGLOTTITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("epiglottitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
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