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Coryza
A cold in the head. The word “coryza” came from the Greek “koryza” which is thought to have been compounded from “kara”, head + “zeein”, to boil. The “boiling over from the head” refers to the runny nose, an all-too-familiar feature of a head cold.
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SYN: acute rhinitis. [G.]
- allergic c. SYN: hay fever.

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co·ry·za kə-'rī-zə n an acute inflammatory contagious disease involving the upper respiratory tract:
a) COMMON COLD
b) any of several diseases of domestic animals characterized by inflammation of and discharge from the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, sinuses, and eyes esp INFECTIOUS CORYZA
co·ry·zal -zəl adj

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n.
a catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane in the nose due to either a cold or hay fever. See also catarrh.

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co·ry·za (ko-riґzə) [L., from Gr. koryza] acute rhinitis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.