catarrh : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catarrh	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catarrh
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catarrh n inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catarrh \Catarrh"\, n. [L. catarrhus, Gr. [?], [?], a running down, rheum, fr. [?]; kata` down + [?] 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. Note: 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.