coryza

1. (medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.Examples: "In his writing on coryza, Celsus repeats the belief of Hippocrates that some cases of phthisis owe their origin to catarrh of the nasal passages; so far as coryza is concerned, he says, there is nothing pestiferous about it unless it ulcerates […]"; "Frequent sneezing and fluent coryza, during the day (second day),⁴.^([sic])—Obstruction of left nostril, in evening […] After pain in the head, which continued ten days, coryza, sore throat, and extension to bronchial mucous membranes[…]"; "Sore throat and coryza (cold) in the very aged do not exhibit the phenomena associated with pepsis (apparently, the changes normally occurring in the younger population)."countableuncountable

2. (medicine, loosely, metonymic) Rhinitis or rhinosinusitis; cold or coldlike illness; common cold.Synonyms: catarrhbroadlycountablemetonymicallyuncountable