sore throat (countable and uncountable, plural sore throats)
- (countable) Any inflammation of the pharynx that causes soreness.
- (pathology, uncountable) The same, as a common symptom for many viral and bacterial infections.
1846, C. H. J. Routh, “Hospital reports”, in Thomas Wakley, Henry Bennet, editors, The London Lancet, volume IV, page 78:Complains of a bad taste in his mouth ; there is some sore throat and difficulty of deglutition ; appetite very bad ; not very thirsty […] .
1879, Prosser James, Sore throat, its nature, varieties, and treatment', page 135:Some sore throat is a common symptom also in erysipelas of the scalp.
2010, Kate Valery, “Prayer at the Bus Stop”, in Love Triangle: Anthology of Poetry and Short Stories, page 12:I have a bit of sore throat.
symptom
- Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب حَلْق m (iltihāb ḥalq)
- Bulgarian: възпалено гърло n (vǎzpaleno gǎrlo)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 喉嚨痛／喉咙痛 (hau4 lung4 tung3)
- Mandarin: 咽喉痛 (yānhóutòng), 喉嚨痛／喉咙痛 (hóulóngtòng), 喉痛 (zh) (hóutòng)
- Czech: bolest v krku f
- Dutch: keelpijn (nl) f
- Finnish: kurkkukipu (fi)
- French: mal de gorge (fr) m (maux de gorge (fr) pl), angine (fr) f
- Georgian: ყელი მტკივა (q̇eli mṭḳiva)
- German: Halsschmerz (de) m, (mostly plural) Halsschmerzen (de) m pl, Halsentzündung (de) f, Halsweh (de) n
- Greenlandic: toqqusaarlunneq
- Italian: mal di gola m
- Japanese: 咽頭痛 (いんとうつう, intōtsū)
- Northern Sami: čottabávččas
- Polish: ból gardła m
- Portuguese: garganta inflamada f
- Romanian: durere de gât f
- Russian: больно́е го́рло n (bolʹnóje górlo), анги́на (ru) f (angína), боль в го́рле f (bolʹ v górle)
- Serbo-Croatian: grlobolja (sh) f
- Spanish: dolor de garganta
- Swedish: ont i halsen, halsont (sv) n
- Turkish: boğaz ağrısı (tr)
- Vietnamese: đau họng, đau cổ họng, viêm họng
- Volapük: slugadol, slugaflamat
- Welsh: dolur gwddf m, gwddf tost m
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