catarrhal
Americanadjective
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The catarrhal stage, characterized by runny mucous, is highly contagious.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2013
Into Walter Reed Hospital, reportedly with heart trouble, went Multimillionaire Major Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Out of the Philadelphia Naval Hospital after a bout with catarrhal fever came Lieut.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only two days earlier, Brezhnev had abruptly canceled his plans to visit Bucharest for the long-delayed signing of a new Soviet-Rumanian friendship pact, pleading a "catarrhal ailment."
From Time Magazine Archive
Difficulty of hearing, probably due to an extension of catarrhal inflammation from the throat into the eustachian tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
The morbid changes occurring in the viscera are described by Curschmann as follows: The mucous surfaces may be the seat of pustules, diffuse purulent infiltration, and catarrhal, croupous, or diphtheritic inflammation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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