epiglottiditisn.
/ˌɛpɪɡlɒtɪˈdʌɪtɪs/ Pathology.
= epiglottitis n.
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epiglottiditis1864
1864 G. D. Gibb Dis. Throat & Windpipe (ed. 2) i. 63 A severe instance of acute epiglottiditis..occurring in a man..in whom the epiglottis could be felt as a hard solid ball, filling up the lower end of the pharynx.
1901 P. W. Williams Dis. Upper Respiratory Tract (ed. 4) viii. 165 Local variations in the character and distribution of the inflammatory changes have been distinguished by the terms epiglottiditis, arytenoiditis, or chorditis.
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