Throat inflammation

• Characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing
• Raving angrily? It's cause of hoarseness
• Try sailing at sea - it'll leave you speechless!
• Woe for a singer

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1822, Medical Latin, from comb. form of larynx (q.v.) + -itis .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. Laryngitis may also refer to: "Laryngitis" (Glee) , a TV episode by Glee Obstructive laryngitis , a respiratory condition

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis . ▪ Hadn't Lisa mentioned laryngitis as one of the symptoms? ▪ He could only really recapture the timbre if he had laryngitis ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the mucous membrane of the larynx; characterized by hoarseness or loss of voice and coughing

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.