rhinitis

English

Etymology

rhin- +‎ -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹaɪˈnaɪtɪs/

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Noun

rhinitis (plural rhinitides)

1. (medicine, finding) Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose.

   Near-synonyms: rhinosinusitis; coryza; catarrh

2. (medicine, broadly, metonymically, disease entity) cold; common cold.

   Near-synonyms: rhinosinusitis; coryza; catarrh

Derived terms

• allergic rhinitis
• honeymoon rhinitis
• oculorhinitis
• rhinitis medicamentosa
• rhinitis sicca
• salt rheum

 

Related terms

• rhinorrhea

 

Translations

inflammation

• Bulgarian: ринит m (rinit)
• Catalan: rinitis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻炎 (zh) (bíyán)

• Czech: rinitida f
• Finnish: nuha (fi)
• French: rhinite (fr) f
• German: Rhinitis (de) f
• Ingrian: nenätauti
• Italian: rinite (it) f
• Japanese: 鼻炎 (ja) (びえん, bien)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھەڵامەت (hellamet)

• Persian: رینیت (rinit)
• Portuguese: rinite (pt) f
• Romanian: rinită (ro) f
• Russian: рини́т (ru) m (rinít)
• Spanish: rinitis f
• Swedish: rinit (sv) c, snuva (sv) c
• Tagalog: magang-ilong
• Turkish: rinit
• Ukrainian: нежить m (nežytʹ), рині́т m (rynít)

Anagrams

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