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HOARSENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A throaty harshness

Synonyms:

gruffness; hoarseness; huskiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("hoarseness" is a kind of...):

harshness; roughness (the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses)

Derivation:

hoarse (deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion)

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 Context examples: 

Hoarseness and dysphagia are the presenting symptoms.

(Laryngeal Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Signs and symptoms include hoarseness, dysphagia, pain, and neck mass.

(Laryngeal Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients may present with pseudoprecocity, menometrorrhagia, amenorrhea, hirsutism, and hoarseness.

(Ovarian Sertoli Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Hoarseness is the presenting symptom.

(Glottis Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually presents with hoarseness.

(Glottis Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Common symptoms of lung cancer include: • A cough that doesn't go away and gets worse over time • Constant chest pain • Coughing up blood • Shortness of breath, wheezing, or hoarseness • Repeated problems with pneumonia or bronchitis • Swelling of the neck and face • Loss of appetite or weight loss • Fatigue

(Lung Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)