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EPIGLOTTITIS

• 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.

• EPIGLOTTITIS (noun)

Sense 1

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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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