rhinorrhea

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rhinorrhea

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

noun rhinorrheas · rhinorrhoea · rhinorrhœa

  1. countable, uncountable A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold.

    Similar: runny nose

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noun medical symptom

Españolrinorrea
Françaisrhinorrhée
Italianorinorragia
Ελληνικάρινόρροια rinórroia
Русскийна́сморк násmork, риноре́я rinoréja

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@misc{rhinorrhea_2026,
  title = {rhinorrhea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhinorrhea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}