Catarrh

/kətˈɑː/

/kətˈɑːɹ/

[noun]

Catarrh

[NOUN]

a medical condition during which mucus accumulates in one's nose, throat, or sinuses and blocks them

Examples

1. In cases where the malady was firmly established, in the upper parts of the body, the patient suffered from pernicious catarrh that eroded the palate, or the pharynx and tonsils.

2. After having catarrh for many days, first with a cough, he brought up a little bright fresh blood, and afterwards even part of the membrane which lines the artery and rises through the larynx to the mouth.