Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils, eyes, etc.; a cold in the head. See
ozæna .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) Nasal catarrh.
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- noun pathology Inflammation of the
mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.
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- noun an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I have been suffering from my annual attack of "coryza," or hay-cold.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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I have been suffering from my annual attack of "coryza," or hay-cold.
The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume II., Part 3 1855
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I have been suffering from my annual attack of "coryza," or hay-cold.
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I have been suffering from my annual attack of "coryza," or hay-cold.
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In the early stage it is 'coryza', or nasal catarrh; but the affection rapidly extends, and seems to attack the mucous membranes generally, determined to some particular one, either by atmospheric influence or accidental causes, or constitutional predisposition.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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When 'coryza' in the dog runs on to catarrh, and the membrane of the pharynx partakes of the inflammation, the velum palati becomes inflamed and thickened, but will not act as a perfect communication between the mouth and the nose.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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Next day Popinot had an attack of coryza, a complaint which is not dangerous, and generally known by the absurd and inadequate name of a cold in the head.
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Catarrhs and coryza in very old people are not concocted.
Aphorisms 2007
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But if the summer is parched and northerly, but the autumn rainy and southerly, headache and sphacelus of the brain are likely to occur; and in addition hoarseness, coryza, coughs, and in some cases, consumption.
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Next day Popinot had an attack of coryza, a complaint which is not dangerous, and generally known by the absurd and inadequate name of a cold in the head.
malechi commented on the word coryza
"The planet Pluto is so far away, and isolated from the sun, it is said, that it produces coryza tempratures."
--Angel Steinborn, Urban Dictionary
Of course, Pluto isn't a planet anymore; it's been downgraded by astronomers to a dwarf planet, or minor planet. (I would prefer to call it a planetoid, just because I like the sound of that.) It's essentially a celestial snowball, probably with a rock in the center -- the kind of thing the bully down the street threw at you in when you were a kid, just because he hated your snowsuit.
December 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word coryza
"'You can have croup by itself, so to speak, or as an early symptom of various other things.'
'Such as?' Bree had a death grip on Jemmy....
'Oh...' Claire seemed to be listening intently, but not to Bree. More to whatever was happening inside Jemmy, who had quit coughing and was lying exhausted against his mother's shoulder, breathing thickly in steam-engine gasps. 'Um ... coryza—that's only a common cold. Influenza. Asthma. Diphtheria. But it isn't that,' she added hurriedly."
—Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross (NY: Bantam Dell, 2001), 707
January 26, 2010