Malignant sore throat
(gcide) | Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. Sorer; superl. Sorest.] [OE. sor,
sar, AS. s[=a]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s?r, G. sehr
very, Icel. s[=a]rr, Sw. s[*a]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf.
Sorry.]
1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure;
inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a
sore hand.
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2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed;
very susceptible of irritation.
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Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious,
and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.
--Tillotson.
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3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore
evil or calamity. --Shak.
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4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Sore throat (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils;
pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
Malignant sore throat, Ulcerated sore throat or {Putrid
sore throat}. See Angina, and under Putrid.
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