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rose fever

noun

Pathology.
  1. a form of hay fever caused by the inhalation of rose pollen, characterized by nasal discharge and lacrimation.


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Origin of rose fever1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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He described the nasal congestion that coincided with the blooming of roses, termed “rose fever.”

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The terms “rose fever” for summer allergies and “hay fever” for autumn are also both misnomers.

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Young children with an upper-respiratory-tract infection, which often includes a runny rose, fever, sore throat and a headache as well as coughing.

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The President's health even included freedom from his annual rose fever.

Mrs. Coolidge was pictured smelling a rose which she said had no scent, but the President did not do likewise since he is subject to rose fever.

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