laryngitis

[ lar-uhn-jahy-tis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pathology.

inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.

laryngitis

/ ˌlærɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs; ˌlærɪnˈdʒɪtɪk /

laryngitis

/ lăr′ĭn-jī′tĭs /

Inflammation of the larynx, usually caused by a virus and characterized by hoarseness.

First recorded in 1815–25; laryng- + -itis

Laryngitis had kept him from those three, to which however, he had sent a stenographic friend so that the chain was unbroken.

Leeches were applied to the larynx and the trachea for bronchitis and laryngitis and for relieving the cough of phthisis.

In bronchitis and laryngitis the heated leaves are applied over the chest or neck after rubbing the parts with oil.

Chronic Laryngitis usually occurs as a result of repeated attacks of the acute form.

Oedematous Laryngitis is a very fatal condition, which may occur, though rarely, as a sequence of acute laryngitis.

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