catarrh

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈtɑɹ/
Homophone: Qatar

Noun

catarrh (countable and uncountable, plural catarrhs)

(pathology) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and throat.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:
  Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever ...
- 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.”
A discharge of fluid associated with this condition.

Derived terms

catarrhal
catarrhal fever
catarrhally
catarrhine
catarrhous
catarrhy

Translations

inflammation of the mucous membranes

Arabic: نَزْلَة‎ f (nazla)
Bulgarian: катар m (katar)
Catalan: catarro (ca) m
Dutch: slijmvliesontsteking f, catarre (nl) m or f
Esperanto: kataro
Estonian: limaskestapõletik, katarr
Faroese: rovubruni m
Finnish: katarri (fi)
French: catarrhe (fr) m
German: Katarrh (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: κατάρροος m (katárrhoos)
Hebrew: נַזֶּלֶת‎ (he) f (nazélet)
Hindi: ज़ुकाम (hi) m (zukām), जुकाम (hi) m (jukām), सर्दी (hi) f (sardī), प्रतिश्याय (hi) m (pratiśyāy)
Hungarian: hurut (hu)
Ido: kataro (io)
Irish: réama m
Italian: catarro (it) m
Latin: gravēdō f (literally “heaviness”), coryza f, catarrhus m, dēstīllātiō f (literally “dripping down”), gravitūdō f (literally “heaviness”) (very rare), īnflūxiō f (literally “flowing in”), rheuma f
Macedonian: катар m (katar)
Maori: kauanu, hinamokimoki
Navajo: chʼiish
Polish: katar (pl) m
Portuguese: catarro (pt) m
Russian: ката́р (ru) m (katár)
Sanskrit: प्रतिश्याय (sa) m (pratiśyāya)
Spanish: catarro (es) m
Swedish: katarr (sv) c
Urdu: سردی‎ (ur) f (sardī)
Venetian: catar (vec) m
Vilamovian: śnöp f
Volapük: katar (vo)

Anagrams

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