rhinorrhea

English

Alternative forms

• rhinorrhoea (British)
• rhinorrhœa (mainly British)

Etymology

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

Noun

rhinorrhea (countable and uncountable, plural rhinorrheas)

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

   Synonym: runny nose

Related terms

• rhinitis
• rhinosinusitis

Translations

medical symptom

• Azerbaijani: zökəm (az)
• 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