sore throat

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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, editors, 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.

Derived terms

• clergyman's sore throat

Translations

symptom

• Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب حَلْق m (iltihāb ḥalq)
• Bulgarian: възпалено гърло n (vǎzpaleno gǎrlo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 喉嚨痛／喉咙痛 (hau⁴ lung⁴ tung³)

  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 m
• Swedish: ont i halsen, halsont (sv) n
• Turkish: boğaz ağrısı (tr)
• Vietnamese: đau họng, đau cổ họng, viêm họng
• Volapük: slugadol, slugaflamat
• Welsh: dolur gwddf m, gwddf tost m

See also

• pharyngitis