LARYNGITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laryngitis mean? 

• LARYNGITIS (noun)
  The noun LARYNGITIS has 1 sense:

1. inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing

  Familiarity information: LARYNGITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARYNGITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("laryngitis" 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)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include laryngitis, vocal cord polyp, squamous papilloma, and carcinoma.

(Laryngeal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Persistent laryngitis usually caused by smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, voice abuse, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.

(Chronic Laryngitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include laryngitis, vocal cord nodule, and laryngeal cleft.

(Non-Neoplastic Laryngeal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

LRIs include but not limited to the skin atrophy, ulceration and non-healing wounds; cystitis, proctosigmoiditis, resulting to fistulas, abscesses, fibrosis and scaring; laryngitis, osteoradionecrosis; central nervous system injury, optic neuropathy.

(Late Radiation Injury, NCI Thesaurus)