catarrh

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.
  3. (broadly, countable, metonymically, uncountable) Inflammation of a mucous membrane.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kəˈtɑɹ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English catarre, from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “I flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

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