Catarrh

Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the respiratory tract, but also applied to the bladder, etc. Its main symptoms are redne and swelling of the affected membrane with a more or le profuse mucous discharge. C, Epidemic. See Influenza . C, Gastric, gastritis, acute or chronic. C, Intestinal, enteritis, acute or chronic. C, Nasal, coma, q. v. See also Rhinitis. C, Pulmonary, bronchitis, acute or chronic. C, Suffocative. Synonym of Capillary Bronchitis, q. v. See also Suffocative Catarrh. C, Uterine, endometritis. C, Venereal. Synonym of Gonorrhea. C, Vesical, cystitis.