rhinitis

(ri-ni'(ne')tis) [G. rhis{rhitu-), nose, -it is.'\ Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane, acute' r,, coryza, cold in the head, an acute catarrhal inflammation.of the mucous membrane of the nose, marked by sneezing, lacrymation, and a profuse secretion of watery mucus, atroph'ic r., chronic r. with thinning of the mucous membrane, chron'ic r., a protracted sluggish inflammation, usually with profuse mucopurulent discharge, of the nasal mucous membrane; in the later stages the mucous membrane with its glands may be thickened, hypertrophic r., or thinned, atroph'ic t. croupous r., membranous r. fi'biinous r., membranous r. gan'grenous r., cancrum nas i, hypertroph'ic r., chronic r. with permanent thickening of the mucous membrane, mem'branous r., a chronic inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane attended with a fibrinous or pseudo membranous exudate, pseudo mem'branous membranous r. r. caseo'sa, caseous r., a form of chronic r. in which the nasal cavities are more or le completely filled with an ill-smelling cheesy material. I. purulen'ta, purulent r., a chronic r. in which pus formation is exce ive, r. sic'ca, a form of chronic r. with little or no secretion, t. vasomoto'ria, hay-fever, scrofulous r., tuberculous infection of the nasal mucous membrane.