pharyngitis

English Thesaurus

1. inflammation of the fauces and pharynx (noun.state)

hypernym	:	inflammatory disease,
definition	:	a disease characterized by inflammation (noun.state)

hyponym	:	septic sore throat, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, throat infection,
definition	:	an infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus (noun.state)