coryza
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from Latin corȳza , from Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza, "nasal mucus").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]coryza (countable and uncountable , plural coryzas or coryzae or coryzæ )
- (medicine ) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.
- Hypernym: catarrh
- 1949, Robert Scott Stevenson, Douglas Guthrie, A History of Oto-laryngology:
- In his writing on coryza, Celsus repeats the belief of Hippocrates that some cases of phthisis owe their origin to catarrh of the nasal passages; so far as coryza is concerned, he says, there is nothing pestiferous about it unless it ulcerates [...]
- 1964, Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of Drugs Upon the Healthy Human Organism:
- Frequent sneezing and fluent coryza, during the day (second day),4.[sic ]—Obstruction of left nostril, in evening [...] After pain in the head, which continued ten days, coryza, sore throat, and extension to bronchial mucous membranes [...]
- 1971, Edwin Burton Levine, Hippocrates:
- Sore throat and coryza (cold) in the very aged do not exhibit the phenomena associated with pepsis (apparently, the changes normally occurring in the younger population).
- (medicine , loosely , metonymic ) Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.
- Synonym: catarrh
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity
French
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]coryza m (plural coryzas )
Further reading
[edit ]- "coryza", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόρῡζᾰ (kórūză).
Pronunciation
[edit ]- (Classical Latin ) IPA (key): [kɔˈryːz.za]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical ) IPA (key): [koˈrid.d͡za]
Noun
[edit ]corȳza f (genitive corȳzae ); first declension
Declension
[edit ]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | corȳza | corȳzae |
| genitive | corȳzae | corȳzārum |
| dative | corȳzae | corȳzīs |
| accusative | corȳzam | corȳzās |
| ablative | corȳzā | corȳzīs |
| vocative | corȳza | corȳzae |
References
[edit ]- "coryza", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "coryza", in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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