rhinorrhea

English

Alternative forms

rhinorrhoea (British)
rhinorrhœa (mainly British)

Etymology

rhino- +‎ -rrhea, from Ancient Greek: ῥίς (rhís, “nose”) (stem ῥινο (rhino)) with ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”).

Noun

rhinorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural rhinorrheas)

(medicine) A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold.

Synonyms

runny nose

Translations

medical symptom

Czech: rýma (cs) f
French: rhinorrhée (fr) f
Greek: ρινόρροια (el) f (rinórroia)

Italian: rinorragia f
Russian: на́сморк (ru) m (násmork), риноре́я (ru) f (rinoréja)
Spanish: rinorrea (es) f

See also

post-nasal drip

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