- hypertrophic pharyngitis
- a type of chronic pharyngitis with thickening of the mucous membranes, which contain nodules of lymphoid tissue; it is often due to repeated faulty habits of speaking.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypertrophic pharyngitis
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