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catarrhal

American  
[kuh-tahr-uhl] / kəˈtɑr əl /

adjective

  1. Pathology. relating to or caused by catarrh.


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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

Difficulty of hearing, probably due to an extension of catarrhal inflammation from the throat into the eustachian tube.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the past summer when constant rains made the homes of our nursery group very damp, and many children who did not receive our care suffered from catarrhal colds, our children kept perfectly well.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such complications as diphtheria, catarrhal pneumonia, diarrhoea, convulsions, etc. necessarily affect the prognosis of measles most seriously.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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