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CATARRH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catarrh mean?
• CATARRH (noun)
The noun CATARRH has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
Familiarity information: CATARRH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("catarrh" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
Derivation:
catarrhal (of or relating to a catarrh)
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