CATARRH, noun catar. A defluxion, or increased secretion of mucus from the membranes of the nose, fauces and bronchiae, with fever, sneezing cough, thirst, lassitude and loss of appetite, and sometimes an entire loss of taste; called also a cold, coryza. An epidemic catarrh is called Influenza.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.