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coryza

[ kuh-rahy-zuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Pathology. acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavities; cold in the head.
Veterinary Pathology. a contagious disease of birds, especially poultry, characterized by the secretion of a thick mucus in the mouth and throat.

coryza

/ kəˈraɪzə /

acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose, with discharge of mucus; a head cold

Origin of coryza¹

1625–35; < Late Latin < Greek kóryza catarrh

Origin of coryza¹

C17: from Late Latin: catarrh, from Greek koruza

I have no recollection of sniffling, in public; yet here are nine dozen handkerchiefs, an outfit for someone with chronic coryza.

You cultivate it at the risk of coryza over the newly-filled graves of dead friends.

Lastly, the series of epidemics from 1889 to 1893 effectually broke the association with coryza or catarrh.

The juice of the flowers is a popular remedy in India, for migraine and coryza.

La grippe is a bronchitis or coryza with some fever and muscle-soreness.

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