the.com/laryngitis
The universe's way of forcing you to text instead of talk.
means An inflammation of the larynx (voice box) that leaves your voice hoarse, raspy, or gone entirely.
from Built from Greek 'larynx' (the voice box itself, a word of uncertain origin even to the Greeks) plus the medical suffix '-itis,' meaning inflammation — the same tag you see in appendicitis or bronchitis. The suffix comes from Greek grammar, originally just an adjective-forming ending, later hijacked wholesale by 19th-century medicine to mean 'this body part is angry.'
- actual cause
- inflamed vocal cords, not dramatic yelling alone
- voice change
- can drop pitch or vanish entirely for days
- main culprit
- viral infection, same family as common cold
- rest cure
- whispering strains cords more than normal talking