strep throat

strep throat
Synonyms and related words:
African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, blackwater fever, breakbone fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cachectic fever, cerebral rheumatism, chicken pox, cholera, cowpox, dandy fever, deer fly fever, dengue, dengue fever, diphtheria, dumdum fever, dysentery, elephantiasis, encephalitis lethargica, enteric fever, erysipelas, famine fever, five-day fever, flu, frambesia, glandular fever, grippe, hansenosis, hepatitis, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, histoplasmosis, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis, infectious mononucleosis, inflammatory rheumatism, influenza, jail fever, jungle rot, kala azar, kissing disease, lepra, leprosy, leptospirosis, loa loa, loaiasis, lockjaw, madness, malaria, malarial fever, marsh fever, measles, meningitis, milzbrand, mumps, ornithosis, osteomyelitis, paratyphoid fever, parotitis, parrot fever, pertussis, pneumonia, polio, poliomyelitis, polyarthritis rheumatism, ponos, psittacosis, rabbit fever, rabies, rat-bite fever, relapsing fever, rheumatic fever, rickettsialpox, ringworm, rubella, rubeola, scarlatina, scarlet fever, schistosomiasis, septic sore throat, shingles, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, smallpox, snail fever, splenic fever, spotted fever, swamp fever, tetanus, thrush, tinea, trench fever, trench mouth, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid, typhoid fever, typhus, typhus fever, undulant fever, vaccinia, varicella, variola, venereal disease, viral dysentery, whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever, yellow jack, zona, zoster

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  • strep throat — n an inflammatory sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and marked by fever, prostration, and toxemia called also septic sore throat, strep sore throat …   Medical dictionary

  • strep throat — [ˌstrep ˈθrəut US ˈθrout] n [U] AmE an illness in which your throat is very painful …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • strep throat — strep′ throat′ n. pat an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci • Etymology: 1925–30 …   From formal English to slang

  • strep throat — ☆ strep throat n. a sore throat caused by a streptococcus and characterized by inflammation and fever …   English World dictionary

  • strep throat — noun an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus • Syn: ↑streptococcal sore throat, ↑streptococcus tonsilitis, ↑septic sore throat, ↑throat infection • Hypernyms: ↑sore throat, ↑pharyngitis, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • strep throat — /strɛp ˈθroʊt/ (say strep throht) noun Colloquial a streptococcal infection of the throat …  

  • strep throat — noun Date: 1927 an inflammatory sore throat caused by hemolytic Group A streptococci and marked by fever, prostration, and toxemia called also septic sore throat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • strep throat — Pathol. an acute sore throat caused by hemolytic streptococci and accompanied by fever and prostration. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

  • strep throat — noun An infection of the throat with streptococci …   Wiktionary

  • strep throat — noun N. Amer. a sore throat with fever caused by streptococcal infection …   English new terms dictionary

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