Catarrh [noun]

Upon the upper lip it may have its origin in a nasal catarrh.

And so the coming declaration of love is effectually nipped in the bud by the unromantic realities of the present catarrh.

Nevertheless, I ain't a-goin' to run the risk o' you havin' catarrh o' the nose an' confusin' your smells to-night.

Yet the influenza bacillus itself finds the greatest ally in any catarrh of the nose or throat.

Dispensatory: The leaves have been supposed to be useful in chronic catarrh and other pectoral affections.

Another such word as catarrh in its unfavorable suggestiveness in recent years has been auto-intoxication.

To parental vanity can be traced many a catarrh on the chest or the inflammation of the bowels which has resulted in death.

Women, when they are no longer warm, are colder than the deadliest catarrh wind scything across these islands.

The operation should be postponed until any acute catarrh has subsided.

A neglected cold, cough, or catarrh may soon develop this fatality.