Streptococcal Sore Throat (Noun)
Meaning
An infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Streptococcal sore throat typically develops two to five days after being exposed to someone infected with the streptococcus bacterium.
- He had streptococcal sore throat during childhood which eventually healed but his eardrum remained permanently perforated.
- Recurrent episodes of streptococcal sore throat could pose some additional risk to certain heart structures for vulnerable people.
- Because this young man didn't immediately address the pain associated with streptococcal sore throat the resultant poststreptococcal rheumatic fever got pretty rough on his knees.
- Complications could also emerge following undiagnosed and neglected instances of a virulent form of streptococcal sore throat like what recently swept over 18 counties across six regional healthcare organizations in Chile in January of 2001