"epiglottitis" meaning in English

See epiglottitis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-epiglottitis.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek -ις (-is) Ancient Greek γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s) Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)bor. New Latin epiglōttislbor. English epiglottis Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English epiglottitis From epiglottis + -itis. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|epiglottis|-itis|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă) Pre-Greekder. 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  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis. Tags: uncountable Translations (inflammation of the epiglottis): 會厭炎 /会厌炎 (huìyànyán) (Chinese Mandarin), kurkunkannen tulehdus (Finnish), epiglottiitti (Finnish), epiglotită [feminine] (Romanian), эпиглотти́т (epiglottít) [masculine] (Russian)
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        "Inflammation of the epiglottis."
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "huìyànyán",
      "sense": "inflammation of the epiglottis",
      "word": "會厭炎 /会厌炎"
    },
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      "sense": "inflammation of the epiglottis",
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      "sense": "inflammation of the epiglottis",
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}

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