catarrh
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English
Etymology
From Middle English catarre, from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “I flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
catarrh (countable and uncountable, plural catarrhs)
- (medicine) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
- Hyponym: coryza
- Especially, that of the nose and throat.
- Synonym: coryza
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:
- Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever ...
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- “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.”
- The discharge (fluid) associated with this condition.
- (broadly, metonymically) Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.
Derived terms
Translations
inflammation of the mucous membranes
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