catarrhous
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ca·tarrh
(kə-tär′)n. Copious discharge of mucus associated with inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose and throat.
[Middle English
catarre, from Old French
catarrhe, from Late Latin
catarrhus, from Greek
katarrous, from
katarrein,
to flow down :
kata-,
cata- +
rhein,
to flow; see
sreu- in
Indo-European roots.]
ca·tarrh′al, ca·tarrh′ous adj.
ca·tarrh′al·ly adv.
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Experimental Researches on the Causes and Nature of
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