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noun
A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: runny nose
Antonyms: none provided
noun
persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symptom
History
From rhino- + -rrhea, from Ancient Greek: ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) (stem ῥινο (rhino)) with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”).
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