common cold

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Noun

common cold (plural common colds)

1. (pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.

Synonyms

• acute viral nasopharyngitis
• acute coryza

Translations

mild infection

• Armenian: մրսածություն (hy) (mrsaçut’yun), հարբուխ (hy) (harbux)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傷風 (cmn), 伤风 (cmn) (shāngfēng), 感冒 (cmn) (gǎnmào)

• Czech: nachlazení (cs) n
• Danish: forkølelse (da)
• Finnish: flunssa (fi), nuhakuume (fi), vilustuminen (fi)
• French: rhume (fr)
• Hindi: सर्दी (sardī)

• Hungarian: nátha (hu)
• Japanese: 風邪 (ja) (kaze), 細菌性の風邪 (ja) (saikin-sei no kaze)
• Marathi: सर्दी (sardī)
• Polish: przeziębienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: resfriado (pt) m
• Romanian: gripă (ro) f, răceală (ro) f
• Russian: простуда f, насморк m, ОРВИ (abbr.)
• Turkish: soğuk algınlığı (tr)

See also

• nasopharyngitis
• rhinitis
• sinusitis