Find the word definition

Wiktionary
catarrhs

n. (plural of catarrh English)

Usage examples of "catarrhs".

Thus a deficiency of this tissue-salt causes fibrin to become nonfunctional, and to be thrown off in the form of thick, white discharges, giving rise to catarrhs and similar symptoms affecting the skin and mucous membrane.

Third stage of all catarrhs, when the discharges or secretions are yellow, slimy or watery mucus.

One complained of a bad cold in his head, upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.