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pharyngitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the pharynx.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the fauces and pharynx

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sore throat, raw throat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammatory disease

Narrower terms: streptococcal sore throat, strep throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, septic sore throat, throat infection

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: фарингит (faringit) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Catalan: faringitis — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咽炎 (yānyán) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Czech: faryngitida — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Esperanto: faringito — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Finnish: nielutulehdus — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Finnish: faryngiitti — inflammation of the pharynx
  • French: pharyngite — inflammation of the pharynx
  • French: angine — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Galician: farinxite — inflammation of the pharynx
  • German: Rachenentzündung — inflammation of the pharynx
  • German: Pharyngitis — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Ido: faringito — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Italian: faringite — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Japanese: 咽頭炎 (intōen) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Korean: 인두염 (induyeom) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Malay: faringitis — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Persian: فارنژیت (fâranžit) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Polish: zapalenie gardła — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Portuguese: faringite — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Romanian: faringită — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Russian: фаринги́т (faringít) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Russian: анги́на (angína) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Spanish: faringitis — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Thai: คอหอยอักเสบ (kɔɔ-hɔ̌i-àk-sèep) — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Turkish: farenjit — inflammation of the pharynx
  • Vietnamese: viêm họng — inflammation of the pharynx