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Webster 1913 Edition
Catarrh
Ca-tarrh′
,Noun.
[L.
catarrhus
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a running down, rheum, fr. [GREEK]; κατά
down + [GREEK] to flow. See Stream
.] (Med.)
An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted;
as,
. catarrh
of the stomach; catarrh
of the bladder☞ In America, the term
catarrh
is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself. Webster 1828 Edition
Catarrh
CATARRH
,Noun.
Definition 2024
catarrh
catarrh
English
Noun
catarrh (plural catarrhs)
- (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “chapter XII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855:
- “Where I went wrong,” he said, still speaking in that low, husky voice as if he had been a ghost suffering from catarrh, “was in getting engaged to Phyllis Mills.”
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Translations
inflammation of the mucous membranes