strep throat

noun

, Pathology.

an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration.

strep throat

/ strĕp /

Infection of the throat caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Symptoms usually include fever, redness of the throat, lymph node enlargement, and inflammation of the tonsils.

strep throat

A severe sore throat caused by a kind of streptococcus . Strep throat can be treated with antibiotics .

First recorded in 1925–30

When antibiotics made previously deadly childhood infections like strep throat easily treatable, that was another win for germ theory.

Goza said she and her partners have been seeing babies and children with ear infections and strep throat.

Such tests exist for other viral diseases, including influenza and strep throat.

When it will hit: 24 hours before you come down with strep throat.

UNDERWOOD: (to camera as he strides away) Fear is like mosquitos; hesitation like strep throat.

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