Word of the Day: Catarrh
[kuh-tahr]
noun. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
“One complained of a bad cold in his head upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.” - Herman Melville
[kuh-tahr]
noun. inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, accompanied by excessive secretions.
“One complained of a bad cold in his head upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.” - Herman Melville
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