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catarrh

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kəˈtɑɹ/

Definition of catarrh

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
    “And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.”
    “Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever […]”
    “"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."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
    “And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.”
    “Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever […]”
    “"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. (countable, uncountable)Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
    “He coughed violently and spat out the catarrh irritating his throat.”
  3. (broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable)Inflammation of a mucous membrane.

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Etymology

From Middle English catarre, from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “to flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

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