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Definition: Strep Throat |
Strep ThroatNoun1. An infection of the oral pharynx and tonsils by streptococcus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Strep ThroatSynonyms: septic sore throat (n), streptococcal sore throat (n), streptococcus tonsilitis (n), throat infection (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Strep Throat |
| Specialty definitions using "strep throat": Streptococcus pyogenes. (references) |
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Health | Persons with sore throats should be seen by a doctor who can perform tests to find out whether the illness is strep throat. (references) | |
If the test result shows strep throat, the person should stay home from work, school, or day care until 24 hours after taking an antibiotic. (references) | ||
Glomerular disease sometimes develops rapidly after an infection in other parts of the body. Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN) can occur after an episode of strep throat or, in rare cases, impetigo (skin infection). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: prostrate. | |
-3 letters: attestor, phorates, postheat, praetors, prorates, prostate, rheostat, rostrate, testator, trotters. | |
-4 letters: earshot, esparto, harpers, hatters, hoarser, hottest, parrots, patters, phorate, porters, pothers, potters, praetor, praters, presort, pretors, prorate, proteas, protest, raptors, ratters, reports, restart, retorts, rhetors, roaster, rotates, rotters, seaport, sharper, shatter, shorter, spatter, sporter, spotter, starter, stertor, stretta, stretto, strophe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-o-p-r-r-s-t-t-t" | |
+5 letters: photogrammetrist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 74 72 65 70      54 68 72 6F 61 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01110100 01110010 01100101 01110000 00100000 01010100 01101000 01110010 01101111 01100001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S t r e p   T h r o a t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0074 0072 0065 0070      0054 0068 0072 006F 0061 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53868471822547484816786 |
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