sore throat

sore throat

English

Noun

sore throat (countable and uncountable, plural sore throats)

1. (countable) Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.
2. (pathology, uncountable) The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections.
   • 1846, C. H. J. Routh, “Hospital reports”, in Thomas Wakley, Henry Bennet, editor, The London Lancet, volume IV, page 78:

     Complains of a bad taste in his mouth ; there is some sore throat and difficulty of deglutition ; appetite very bad ; not very thirsty […] .

   • 1879, Prosser James, Sore throat, its nature, varieties, and treatment', page 135:

     Some sore throat is a common symptom also in erysipelas of the scalp.

   • 2010, Kate Valery, “Prayer at the Bus Stop”, in Love Triangle: Anthology of Poetry and Short Stories, page 12:

     I have a bit of sore throat.

Translations

symptom

Bulgarian: възпалено гърло n (vǎzpaleno gǎrlo) Chinese: Mandarin: 咽喉痛 (yānhóutòng), 喉嚨痛／喉咙痛 (hóulóngtòng), 喉痛 (zh) (hóutòng) Czech: bolest v krku f Dutch: keelpijn (nl) f Finnish: kurkkukipu (fi) French: mal de gorge (fr) m (maux de gorge (fr) pl), angine (fr) f Georgian: ყელი მტკივა (q̇eli mṭḳiva) German: Halsschmerz (de) m, (mostly plural) Halsschmerzen (de) m pl, Halsentzündung (de) f, Halsweh (de) n Greenlandic: toqqusaarlunneq Italian: mal di gola m Japanese: 咽頭痛 (いんとうつう, intōtsū) Northern Sami: čottabávččas Polish: ból gardła m Portuguese: garganta inflamada f Romanian: durere de gât f Russian: больно́е го́рло n (bolʹnóje górlo), анги́на (ru) f (angína), боль в го́рле f (bolʹ v górle) Serbo-Croatian: grlobolja (sh) f Spanish: dolor de garganta Swedish: ont i halsen, halsont (sv) n Turkish: boğaz ağrısı (tr) Vietnamese: đau họng, đau cổ họng, viêm họng Volapük: slugadol, slugaflamat

See also

• pharyngitis