catarrh
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /kəˈtɑɹ/
Noun

catarrh

  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:
      “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.”
  2. A discharge of fluid associated with this condition.
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