Definitions for catarrh

catarrh ca·tarrh

Spelling: [kuh-tahr]
IPA: /kəˈtɑr/

Catarrh is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in catarrh (aachrrt).

Definitions for catarrh

noun

  1. Pathology. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.

Origin of catarrh

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin catarrhus Greek katárrous literally, down-flowing, equivalent to katarr(eîn) to flow down (kata- cata- + rheîn to flow) + -ous, v

Examples for catarrh

One said to the other "By the way how is that catarrh of yours?"

A neglected cold, cough, or catarrh may soon develop this fatality.

catarrh grows into broncho-pneumonia, with frequent returns.

His face is red, and his voice rough, by the same process of drink and catarrh.

The causes of catarrh are many: the most common cause is a cold.

The catarrh has left, while his stomach is simply doing nobly.

Consumption, pneumonia, catarrh, deafness are some of their names.

Similarly, malaria, one may guess, is catarrh of the mosquito that bit you.

Never was a catarrh so sudden, so universal, or so ill-timed.

She is suffering from a slight attack of catarrh of the stomach.

Word Value for catarrh
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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