| reflux laryngitis | Inflammation of the voice box (larynx) caused by stomach acid backing up into the oesophagus. Reflux laryngitis can cause chronic hoarseness and be associated with other symptoms of inflammation of the oesophagus, such as heartburn. Many treatment options are available. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| membranous laryngitis | A form in which there is a pseudomembranous exudate on the vocal cords. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chronic subglottic laryngitis | chorditis vocalis inferior |
| croupous laryngitis | Inflammation of the subglottic larynx associated with respiratory infection and croupy or noisy breathing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spasmodic laryngitis | Catarrhal inflammation of the larynx in children, accompanied by night attacks of spasmodic closure of the glottis, causing inspiratory stridor. Synonym: spasmodic laryngitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| laryngitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the larynx, a condition attended with dryness and soreness of the throat, hoarseness, cough and dysphagia. (18 Nov 1997) |
| laryngitis stridulosa | Catarrhal inflammation of the larynx in children, accompanied by night attacks of spasmodic closure of the glottis, causing inspiratory stridor. Synonym: spasmodic laryngitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic | <medicine> Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterised by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| necrotic angina | An obsolete term for a form of angina occurring usually as a complication of scarlet fever and more rarely of diphtheria, in which gangrenous patches are found in the mucous membrane of the air passages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic cirrhosis | Post-necrotic cirrhosis, cirrhosis characterised by necrosis involving whole hepatic lobules, with collapse of the reticular framework to form large scars; regeneration nodules are also large; may follow viral or toxic necrosis, or develop as a result of ischemic necrosis. Synonym: necrotic cirrhosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic cyst | A cyst due to a circumscribed encapsulated area of necrosis with subsequent liquefaction of the dead tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic infectious conjunctivitis | A unilateral, suppurative, necrotic inflammation of the conjunctiva characterised by scattered, elevated white spots in the fornices and palpebral conjunctiva, and ipsilateral swelling of preauricular, parotid, and submaxillary lymph glands. Synonym: Pascheff's conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic inflammation | Usually an acute inflammatory reaction in which the predominant histologic change is fairly rapid necrosis that occurs diffusely or extensively in relatively large foci throughout the affected tissue, frequently with only little or no evidence of cells in the exudate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic pulp | Necrosis of the dental pulp which clinically does not respond to thermal stimulation; the tooth may be asymptomatic or sensitive to percussion and palpation. Synonym: dead pulp, nonvital pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotic rhinitis of pigs | An infection of the subcutaneous structures of the snout of swine which causes malformation of the face; it is frequently due to infection of wounds made for the insertion of metal rings to discourage or prevent the animal from rooting in the soil; Fusobacterium necrophorum plays an important role in this disease. Synonym: bullnose. (05 Mar 2000) |