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catarrh

[ kuh-tahr ]

noun

  1. Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.


catarrh

/ °ìəˈ³ÙÉ‘Ë /

noun

  1. inflammation of a mucous membrane with increased production of mucus, esp affecting the nose and throat in the common cold
  2. the mucus so formed
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Derived Forms

  • ³¦²¹Ëˆ³Ù²¹°ù°ù³ó²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦²¹Â·³Ù²¹°ù°ù³óa±ô ³¦²¹Â·³Ù²¹°ù°ù³óo³Ü²õ adjective
  • ³¦²¹Â·³Ù²¹°ù°ù³óa±ô·ly adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôc²¹Â·³Ù²¹°ù۳󲹱ô adjective
  • post³¦²¹Â·³Ù²¹°ù°ù³óa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of catarrh1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin catarrhus < Greek °ì²¹³Ùá°ù°ù´Ç³Ü²õ literally, down-flowing, equivalent to katarr ( ±ðî²Ô ) to flow down ( kata- cata- + rh±ðî²Ô to flow) + -ous, variant of -eos (theme vowel + adj. suffix)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of catarrh1

C16: via French from Late Latin catarrhus, from Greek katarrous, from katarrhein to flow down, from kata- down + rhein to flow
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Palmieri died of “bronchial catarrh†in Naples in 1896, at age 89, shortly after holding a last lecture on the moon’s influence on eruptions—a subject that is still studied today.

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In another, he referred to Welsh signage in supermarkets as "incomprehensible" and described it as "a dead language that sounds uncannily like someone with bad catarrh clearing his throat".

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In earlier flu epidemics, the disease was described as the “Russian illness†in Germany and Italy, and “Chinese catarrh†in Russia.

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We should suppose in time of general catarrh, the whole empire of Japan would be covered with bits of paper blowing about.

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Though it was summer and the leaves heavy on the trees, people went about the streets coughing as if it were the catarrh season.

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