Acute laryngitis.Soon after singing in an opera, a 40-year-old classically trained baritone complained of thick postnasal postnasal /post·na·sal/ (-na´z'l) posterior to the nose. post·na·sal adj. 1. Located or occurring posterior to the nose or the nasal cavity. 2. drainage and said that he felt that his "cords are swollen." The patient had had seasonal allergies throughout his life, but he denied any recent worsening of this condition. Strobovideolaryngoscopy revealed acute laryngitis with erythema and edema of both vocal folds, copious thick secretions, and slight irregularities in both vocal fold edges (figure). He also had other signs and symptoms of upper respiratory infection Noun 1. upper respiratory infection - infection of the upper respiratory tract respiratory infection, respiratory tract infection - any infection of the respiratory tract . His vocal folds and voice returned to normal following a course of hydration, antibiotics, and relative voice rest. From the Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University It began as Jefferson Medical College in 1824. On July 1, 1969 the institution officially became Thomas Jefferson University. The university is made up of three colleges:
implacable detective with photographic memory. [Br. Lit.: The Ticket-of-Leave Man, Barnhart, 546] See : Sleuthing and Ms. Markiewicz). |
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