CEFR C1

epiglottitis

noun

Meaning

epiglottitis means (pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses epiglottitis to mean (pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis.
The teacher asked students to find epiglottitis in the reading.

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epiglottitis (C1)

noun

Definition

epiglottitis means (pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses epiglottitis to mean (pathology) Inflammation of the epiglottis.
The teacher asked students to find epiglottitis in the reading.

How to Use epiglottitis

a/the epiglottitis (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a epiglottitis."
epiglottitis in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked epiglottitis in context before translating it."

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