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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.
catar. A defluxion, or increased secretion of mucus from the membranes of the nose, fauces and bronchiae, with fever, sneezing cough, thirst, lassitude and loss of appetite, and sometimes an entire loss of taste; called also a cold, coryza. An epidemic catarrh is called Influenza.

Definition 2024


catarrh

catarrh

English

Noun

catarrh (plural catarrhs)

  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

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