Wiktionary
head cold
n. A common cold (illness).
WordNet
head cold
n. a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache
Usage examples of "head cold".
Here and there throughout sickbay were crewmen who were having the standard range of ailments treated, from a broken leg to a raging head cold (although word was down from the Starfleet general that there would be a cure for the common cold by the end of the century.