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throat infection

n. an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus [syn: streptococcal sore throat, strep throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, septic sore throat]

Usage examples of "throat infection".

Apparently she's been going around Beverly Hills saying that the only thing wrong with her son had been a sprained wrist and a throat infection.

She sounded like a little girl just coming down with a bad throat infection.

His voice was hoarse, strained, as if he were suffering from a throat infection.

Cathy was, after all, still on antibiotics for her throat infection and just a week away from her first race.