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n. - A throaty harshness.

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Usage examples (37)
  • - It appears that this flu produces a distinctive "hoarseness" in many victims.
  • Some were outraged by his "hoarseness" during a recent radio interview that followed a night of socialising with party colleagues.
  • Side effects of VNS therapy are usually mild, such as hoarseness, coughing and tickling in the throat and usually diminish over time.
  • The symptoms are the same as normal flu, although it has been discovered that swine flu causes a distinctive "hoarseness" in many victims.
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