Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epiglottitis

1 sense of epiglottitis

Sense 1
epiglottitis -- (inflammation of the epiglottis; characterized by fever and a severe sore throat and difficulty in swallowing)
       => inflammation, redness, rubor -- (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)