Rhinorrhea

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A persistent discharge of watery mucus from the nose; typical of the common cold. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) wordnet

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blood stained dischargebloody nasal dischargeclear nasal dischargenasal dischargenasal mucus productionserous nasal discharge

Etymology

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

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